Etymograph

English

tinga

Tinga comes from Spanish tinga ‘a typical Mexican dish made with shredded meat’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenttinga1‘a typical Mexican dish made with shredded meat’
  2. Englishtodaytinga1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tinga

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenttingaWiktionary, English tinga‘a typical Mexican dish made with shredded meat’
  2. EnglishtodaytingaWiktionary, English tinga

Every English word from Spanish tinga

Today it means

noun A Mexican dish made with shredded beef or chicken in a red chili sauce.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tinga”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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