Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flour tortilla wrapped around a filling, as of beef, beans, or cheese.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mexico) a flour tortilla folded around a filling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
Mexican dish consisting of aflour tortilla wrapped around afilling ofmeat and/orbeans ,cheese etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flour tortilla folded around a filling
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(The word burrito translates to "little donkey" in Spanish).
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(The word burrito translates to "little donkey" in Spanish).
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(The word burrito translates to "little donkey" in Spanish).
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(The word burrito translates to "little donkey" in Spanish).
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Turns out, having eight people touching the burrito is a LOT more efficient than only having three.
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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.
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I just ran out and got an al pastor burrito from the cart on 43rd and 6th.
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Sunday morning at 2am I ate two tacos and a burrito from the Rancho Bravo truck 3 blocks from my house in Wallingford.
The Street Food “Chowdown”: Not Much Chow, Not Much of a Smackdown « PubliCola 2010
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So I, you know, as simply as, you know, ordering a burrito from the burrito joint in Spanish.
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Pump cheese belongs on your 2am, 7-11 nachos not on a friggin burrito!
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The chain intends to hire 19,000 workers for the peak March-to-May sales period it calls “burrito season.”
Chipotle Hiring 19,000 More Workers for This Year’s ‘Burrito Season’ …
bilby commented on the word burrito
Hey MailChimp, the word chimp is available for adoption.
May 17, 2018