burrito
See also: Burrito
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈɹiː.təʊ/, /bʊˈriːtəʊ/[1]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈɹi.toʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːtəʊ
Noun
burrito (plural burritos)
Derived terms
Translations
Mexican dish
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Verb
burrito (third-person singular simple present burritos, present participle burritoing, simple past and past participle burritoed)
- (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.
References
- “burrito, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈburːito/, [ˈburːit̪o̞]
- Rhymes: -urːito
- Syllabification(key): bur‧ri‧to
Declension
Inflection of burrito (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | burrito | burritot | ||
genitive | burriton | burritojen | ||
partitive | burritoa | burritoja | ||
illative | burritoon | burritoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | burrito | burritot | ||
accusative | nom. | burrito | burritot | |
gen. | burriton | |||
genitive | burriton | burritojen | ||
partitive | burritoa | burritoja | ||
inessive | burritossa | burritoissa | ||
elative | burritosta | burritoista | ||
illative | burritoon | burritoihin | ||
adessive | burritolla | burritoilla | ||
ablative | burritolta | burritoilta | ||
allative | burritolle | burritoille | ||
essive | burritona | burritoina | ||
translative | burritoksi | burritoiksi | ||
abessive | burritotta | burritoitta | ||
instructive | — | burritoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
- “burrito”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /burˈri.tɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -itɔ
- Syllabification: bur‧ri‧to
Further reading
- burrito in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈʁi.tu/ [buˈhi.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /buˈʁi.tu/ [buˈχi.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈʁi.to/ [buˈhi.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈʁi.tu/
- Rhymes: -itu
- Hyphenation: bur‧ri‧to
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈrito/ [buˈri.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: bu‧rri‧to
Noun
burrito m (plural burritos)
- Diminutive of burro (“donkey”)
- burrito
- Aloysia polystachya
- Any of certain crakes
Derived terms
Further reading
- “burrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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