churro

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English

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churros with chocolate
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish churro.

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Noun

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churro (plural churros)

  1. A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish churro.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uʁu
  • Hyphenation: chur‧ro

Noun

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churro m (plural churros)

  1. churro (type of fried pastry)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuro/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ro]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Syllabification: chu‧rro

Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic of the sound of something frying.

Noun

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churro m (plural churros)

  1. churro (type of fried pastry)
    Synonyms: cohombro, taco, (Seville, Huelva) calentito, (Jaén) tallo, (Granada, Málaga, Cádiz, Badajoz) tejeringo, (Córdoba) jeringo, (Madrid) porra
  2. (colloquial) joint (marijuana cigarette)
    Synonyms: canuto, porro
  3. (colloquial) botch, mess, disaster
    Synonyms: chafa, chapuza, pifia
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: xurro
  • English: churro
  • Portuguese: churro

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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churro (feminine churra, masculine plural churros, feminine plural churras)

  1. (colloquial, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, of a person) attractive

Noun

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churro m (plural churros)

  1. (colloquial, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia) spunk, Adonis, beefcake (physically desirable man)
    Synonyms: guapo, guaperas, guapetón, mino

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