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la enchilada in English

enchilada (tortilla rolled round a filling, in chilli sauce) noun Latin America

Number 4,697 of the 5,000 most used words in Latin American Spanish.

Example

Pedí unas enchiladas verdes de pollo.

I ordered some chicken enchiladas in green sauce.

In Spain

At this place in the list: el salmorejo (salmorejo (cold tomato soup)).

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