burrito

Borrowed from Spanish burrito, diminutive of burro (“donkey”), from burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). The food is so called because of its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example of synecdoche.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈɹiː.təʊ/, /bʊˈriːtəʊ/^[1]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈɹi.toʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ
• Hyphenation: bur‧ri‧to

burrito (plural burritos)

1. A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

burrito (third-person singular simple present burritos, present participle burritoing, simple past and past participle burritoed)

1. (slang) To wrap someone or something up like a burrito.
   • 2020, Erin McRae, Racheline Maltese, Ink and Ice:

     “You're stealing the blankets,” Zack complained, tugging at the duvet that, somehow, Aaron had completely burritoed himself in.

Borrowed from Spanish burrito.

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• Hyphenation: bur‧ri‧to
• Rhymes: -itoː

burrito m (plural burrito's, diminutive burritootje n)

1. burrito

From Spanish burrito.

• IPA^(key): /ˈburːito/, [ˈburːit̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -urːito
• Syllabification^(key): bur‧ri‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): bur‧ri‧to

burrito

1. burrito

• “burrito”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• burito

Borrowed from Spanish burrito, diminutive of burro (“donkey”), from burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

• IPA^(key): /burˈri.tɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itɔ
• Syllabification: bur‧ri‧to

burrito n (indeclinable)

1. burrito

• burrito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: bur‧ri‧to

From burro +‎ -ito.

burrito m (plural burritos)

1. diminutive of burro (“donkey”)

   Synonym: burrinho

Borrowed from Spanish burrito.

burrito m (plural burritos)

1. burrito (Mexican dish)
2. Aloysia polystachya

From burro +‎ -ito.

• IPA^(key): /buˈrito/ [buˈri.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: bu‧rri‧to

burrito m (plural burritos)

1. diminutive of burro (“donkey”)
2. burrito
3. Aloysia polystachya
4. Any of certain crakes

• → Belizean Creole: boreeto
• → Dutch: burrito
• → English: burrito
• → German: Burrito

• “burrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024