Tapatío

For the hot sauce, see Tapatío hot sauce.

Tapatío is a Mexican Spanish colloquial term for someone from Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, Mexico's second largest city. It is also used as an adjective for anything associated with Guadalajara.[1]

Etymology

The word derives from the Nahuatl word tapatiotl, the name of a monetary unit in pre-Columbian times which became most closely associated with the region in which today's Guadalajara is situated.[2]

See also

References

  1. Prieto, Jorge Mejía (1985) Asi Habla El Mexicano México, D.F. : Panorama. ISBN 9789683801227. p.131
  2. Prieto (1985): p.131


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