burrito
- noun
- /bəˈriːtoʊ/
- At the restaurant, I ordered a spicy chicken burrito with guacamole.
- eat burritos
- get a burrito
- a breakfast burrito
The last thing you do is walk of soggy burrito to a guy's house.
- The last thing you do is walk of soggy burrito to a guy's house.
- So yeah, my burrito should be here any moment.
- Yeah, like a burrito's just a fat wrap.
Examples
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I'll take the Breakfast Burrito.
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But I love burritos and I'm so happy that I found this.
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Why is there half a burrito on the coffee table like this?
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So yeah, my burrito should be here any moment.
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I had that bean burrito for lunch.
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Big beef burrito, with extra beans on that bad boy.
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Hey, want to grab a couple of burritos?
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Jan took a savage bite of her burrito and checked her watch.
Fiction book (1998) -
Both of you guys got steak burritos and it's really good, Really good.
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I brought his favorite breakfast burrito with extra jalapeños.
Synonyms
A fried tortilla roll filled with meat, beans, and cheese
A tortilla wrapped around seasoned beef and often rice or beans
Compounds
How Filling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burrito comes from Spanish burro 'donkey' plus -ito 'little', so it literally means 'little donkey'. A helpful way to remember this is to picture a small rolled meal like a donkey's little pack, which explains why a burrito is a wrapped meal you can easily take with you.