fajita

noun

1. a thin strip of marinated and grilled meat.
2. Usually fajitas. (used with a singular or plural verb) a Tex-Mex dish of these strips, served with tortillas, salsa, etc.

n.

by 1979, from Spanish fajita, diminutive of faja “bandage, wrapper,” from Latin fascia “band, bandage” (see fascia).