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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TOO" (as in "tool") + "fah" (as in "far")/

Meaning

A gas stove or cooktop where food is prepared over an open flame in Mexico. It's the heart of every Mexican kitchen, nothing beats the taste of food cooked on a real flame.

Examples

Put the pot on the stove to heat up the soup.

My mom's stove has been running for 20 years and still works perfectly.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Chile
Bandera de Ecuador
Bandera de España
Bandera de Perú
Bandera de Uruguay
Cocina

In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, neighborhood gossip and idle chatter that travels mouth to mouth, always arriving exaggerated to the last person who hears it.