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churro

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈt͡ʃʊɹoʊ/
  • US: /ˈt͡ʃɜɹoʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃʊɹəʊ/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈtʃɵɹəw/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ˈtʃʉɾo/
  • Wales: /ˈtʃʊɾoː/ without the toe–tow merger
  • rhymes with -ʊɹəʊ

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noun

Meaning 1

A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish churro.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تشورو (tšūru, tšūrru) — fried pastry
  • Asturian: churru — fried pastry
  • Basque: txurro — fried pastry
  • Bulgarian: чуро (čuro) — fried pastry
  • Catalan: xurro — fried pastry
  • Cebuano: tsuro — fried pastry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西班牙油條 /西班牙油条 (Xībānyá yóutiáo) — fried pastry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西班牙遊得志 /西班牙游得志 (Xībānyá yóudézhì) — fried pastry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西班牙式炸小油條 /西班牙式炸小油条 (Xībānyá shìzhà xiǎoyóutiáo) — fried pastry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巧羅絲 /巧罗丝 (qiǎoluósī) — fried pastry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吉拿棒 (jínábàng) — fried pastry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裘若 (qiúruò) — fried pastry
  • Esperanto: fritkuko — fried pastry
  • Esperanto: benjeto — fried pastry
  • Esperanto: pastoklabeto — fried pastry
  • Esperanto: cilindrobenjeto — fried pastry
  • Estonian: churro — fried pastry
  • Finnish: churro — fried pastry
  • French: chichi — fried pastry
  • French: churro — fried pastry
  • Galician: churro — fried pastry
  • German: Churro — fried pastry
  • Greek: τσούρο (tsoúro) — fried pastry
  • Ancient Greek: ἔγχυτος (énkhutos) — fried pastry
  • Hebrew: צ׳ורוס — fried pastry
  • Indonesian: curo — fried pastry
  • Indonesian: cakwe spanyol — fried pastry
  • Italian: churro — fried pastry
  • Japanese: チュロ (churo) — fried pastry
  • Japanese: チュロス (churosu) — fried pastry
  • Korean: 추로 (churo) — fried pastry
  • Korean: 추로스 (churoseu) — fried pastry
  • Latin: encytus — fried pastry
  • Malagasy: curo — fried pastry
  • Persian: چورو (čuro) — fried pastry
  • Portuguese: churro — fried pastry
  • Russian: чу́рро (čúrro) — fried pastry
  • Spanish: churro — fried pastry
  • Spanish: tejeringo — fried pastry
  • Swedish: churro — fried pastry
  • Swedish: churros — fried pastry
  • Thai: ชูร์โร (chuu roo) — fried pastry
  • Ukrainian: чу́ро (čúro) — fried pastry