Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A flour tortilla wrapped around a filling, as of beef, beans, or cheese.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A species of grunt, Pomadasis branicki, of the family Hæmulidæ, found on the sandy shores of the Pacific coast of America and reaching a length of 7 inches. The name is also applied to other related species, as Brachydeuterus leuciscus, also of the family Hæmulidæ.
Wiktionary
- n. a Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mexico) a flour tortilla folded around a filling.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a flour tortilla folded around a filling
Etymologies
- From Spanish, diminutive of burro ("donkey"), from burrico ("donkey"), from Latin burricus ("small horse"), from burrus ("red-brown"), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purros, "flame colored"), from πῦρ (pur, "fire"). (Wiktionary)
- American Spanish, from Spanish, diminutive of burro, burro; see burro. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“(The word burrito translates to "little donkey" in Spanish).”
“Turns out, having eight people touching the burrito is a LOT more efficient than only having three.”
“Here a burrito is a small flour tortilla folded in half over a spoon of filling, for maybe 3 pesos, compared to the $8 US for the Chevy's monstrosity.”
“So I, you know, as simply as, you know, ordering a burrito from the burrito joint in Spanish.”
“I just ran out and got an al pastor burrito from the cart on 43rd and 6th.”
“Sunday morning at 2am I ate two tacos and a burrito from the Rancho Bravo truck 3 blocks from my house in Wallingford.”
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“Pump cheese belongs on your 2am, 7-11 nachos not on a friggin burrito!”
“In other chain burrito news, if you work on the west side and were jealous of the east side Qdoba alternative - the west side will soon be gettingits very own Qdoba on 50th btw. 6+7th.”
“I like Italian/Mediterranean flavors and ingredients (in burrito form)”
“Healthy, wholesome, and Yummy .... this burrito is packed with protein to start the day off right!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘burrito’.
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Lista de todos los diminutivos, superlativos, aumentativos y despectivos aceptados en Scrabble según el reglamento de la FISE. Memorizarlas hace la diferencia entre expertos y novatos.
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vegan
vegan food list of basic vegan food or types of vegan food you've had and liked.
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funny names for the private parts.
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Colorado Plateau mot(if)s: Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
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A Crumb Of Comfort
Types of bread & breadmaking terms. Mainly I'm looking for plain or savoury breads but I'll accept the sweet-ish ones as long as they are more bread than cake :-)
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elizacole's Words
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Spelling Bee list 2011
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interesting words
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encyclopedia gustatorica
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