quesadilla

noun

que·​sa·​dil·​la ˌkā-sə-ˈdē-ə 

also -ˈt͟hē-

or -ˈt͟hēl-yə

: a tortilla filled with cheese and often a savory mixture (as of meat and vegetables), folded, and usually fried

Examples of quesadilla in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are offerings like tacos, flautas, and quesadillas to choose from, as well as fresh salsa and delicious elote. —Katie Akin, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026

The restaurant offers authentic Mexican food including al pastor quesadillas, birria tacos, nieves de garrafa and aqua fresca according to its Yelp page. —Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026

For families, spatulas show up at nearly every meal — Saturday morning pancakes, after-school quesadillas, and yes, scraping every last bit of cake batter from the bowl (an activity most kids will happily supervise). —Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026

Cheese quesadillas are sliced into inch-long planks, crusts are trimmed off sandwiches to stave off a potential meltdown, and even grapes are halved. —Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, cheese pastry, diminutive of quesada, from queso cheese, from Latin caseus

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for quesadilla

• jicarilla
• potentilla
• premaxilla
• pulsatilla
• axilla
• flotilla
• gorilla
• guerilla
• guerrilla
• manilla
• mantilla
• maxilla