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noun
A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To wrap someone or something up like a burrito.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
a flour tortilla folded around a filling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dish
Narrower terms: beef burrito, quesadilla
History
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”). A possible origin is due to its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example of synecdoche.
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