fajitas de carne
/faxitas de kaɾne/from spelling rules
Steak fajitas in Spanish is fajitas de carne.
The phrase refers to a Mexican-style dish made of grilled strips of beef served with tortillas. If you want to specify that the dish uses fillet steak, you can use fajitas de solomillo.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of fajitas (the name of the dish) and de carne (of meat).
How does it change in a sentence?
Use the singular form fajita de carne if you are referring to a single steak fajita rather than the dish in general.
Did you know?
- The word fajitas is the diminutive form of faja, which means 'belt' or 'sash'. It refers to the shape of the meat strips, which resemble the long strips of fabric used in traditional Mexican dress.
- While common in the US, fajitas are a Tex-Mex invention rather than a traditional dish from the interior of Mexico. They originated from vaqueros who grilled skirt steak over open fires during their breaks.
- The word carne is related to the Latin 'caro', making it a distant linguistic cousin to the English word 'carnage', which describes the presence of much flesh or bodies.
Examples in context
- Me gustaría pedir unas fajitas de carneI would like to order some beef fajitas
- Vamos a hacer fajitas de bistec para la cenaWe are going to make steak fajitas for dinner
- En la taquería sirven deliciosas fajitas de arracheraThey serve delicious skirt steak fajitas at the taqueria
- Quiero pedir unas fajitas de carne.I want to order some steak fajitas.
- Las fajitas de carne están muy ricas.The steak fajitas are very delicious.
- ¿Trajeron las fajitas de carne a la mesa?Did they bring the steak fajitas to the table?
Example conversation
Elena and Alejandro are looking at a restaurant menu.
- ElenaAlejandro, ¿qué quieres comer?Alejandro, what do you want to eat?
- AlejandroTengo ganas de comer fajitas de carne.I feel like eating steak fajitas.
- Elena¡Me parece una idea excelente!I think that is an excellent idea!
- AlejandroPerfecto, vamos a pedir dos platos.Perfect, let's order two plates.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries carne, de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
