different between churr vs churro

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

churr (third-person singular simple present churrs, present participle churring, simple past and past participle churred)

1. Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”)
2. To make the low vocal sound of some birds.

Noun

churr (plural churrs)

1. Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”)
2. A low vocal sound made by some birds.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish churro.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t???.o?/, /?t???.o?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???.??/

Noun

churro (plural churros)

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

Translations

Further reading

• churro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish churro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??u.?u/

Noun

churro m (plural churros)

1. churro (type of fried pastry)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??uro/, [?t??u.ro]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic of the sound of something frying.

Noun

churro m (plural churros)

1. churro (type of fried pastry)

   Synonyms: cohombro, taco, (Seville, Huelva) calentito, (Jaén) tallo, (Granada, Málaga, Cádiz, Badajoz) tejeringo, (Córdoba) jeringo, (Madrid) porra

2. (colloquial) joint (marijuana cigarette)

   Synonyms: canuto, porro

3. (colloquial) botch, mess, disaster

   Synonyms: chafa, chapuza, pifia

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: xurro
• ? English: churro
• ? Portuguese: churro

Etymology 2

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Adjective

churro (feminine churra, masculine plural churros, feminine plural churras)

1. (colloquial, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, of a person) attractive

Noun

churro m (plural churros)

1. (colloquial, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia) spunk, Adonis, beefcake (physically desirable man)

   Synonyms: guapo, guaperas, guapetón, mino

Further reading

• “churro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.