churro

chur·ro

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [choo r-oh; Spanish choor-raw]
- /ˈtʃʊər oʊ; Spanish ˈtʃur rɔ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [choo r-oh; Spanish choor-raw]
- /ˈtʃʊər oʊ; Spanish ˈtʃur rɔ/

Definitions of churro word

noun churro (in Spain and Latin America) a sweet, baton-shaped snack of fried dough 3
noun plural churro a long, slender, deep-fried pastry resembling a cruller. 1
noun churro A Latin American snack consisting of a strip of fried dough, very similar to funnel cake. 1
noun churro A fried pastry, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage. 0

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Origin of churro

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

1885-90, Americanism; < Spanish, perhaps after dial. churro name for the inhabitants of the mountainous parts of Valencia (literally, a kind of coarse-wooled sheep), the approximate area where the pastry originated

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churro popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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