tasajo

noun

ta·​sa·​jo

variants or less commonly tassajo

təˈsä(ˌ)hō

plural -s

1

: jerked meat

especially : jerked beef

2

[Mexican Spanish, from Spanish] : any of several cacti of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico

especially : cholla

Word History

Etymology

Spanish tasajo, from Old Spanish, piece of meat; akin to Portuguese tossalho large piece of something to eat

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