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churrasco

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A South American dish of grilled meat, usually beef

noun
/tʃʊˈrɑːskoʊ/

: churrasco

During our trip to Brazil, we enjoyed a traditional churrasco featuring perfectly cooked beef served with fresh chimichurri.
churrasco restaurants

Examples

So, this is the house salad, dressing on the side, then the chicken churrasco, black beans.

Emily the Criminal (2022)
I hope that you're all hungry for churrasco Brasil.

Bridesmaids (2011)
At the festival, the locals prepared delicious churrasco marinated in spices and grilled over open flames.
The restaurant is famous for its mouthwatering churrasco, which is often served with rice and beans.

Synonyms

barbecue

vschurrasco

63 1.0

Meat cooked on a grill and often served with a spicy sauce

is a South American specific dish rather than a general cooking method

asada

vschurrasco

2 5.3

Grilled beef often served in tacos with tortillas

is the South American version rather than Mexican

Surface Forms

churrasco singular

churrascos plural

Etymology

Churrasco comes from Portuguese and Spanish words like churrascar, which mean 'to grill' and may copy the 'churr' sizzle of meat on a hot fire. So churrasco is easy to remember as grilled or barbecued meat, especially beef.