different between churro vs lampshade

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.

English

Etymology

lamp +? shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: l?mp'sh?d, IPA^(key): /?læmp.?e?d/

Noun

lampshade (plural lampshades)

1. A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.

Translations

Derived terms

• radiation lampshade

Verb

lampshade (third-person singular simple present lampshades, present participle lampshading, simple past and past participle lampshaded)

1. (narratology, fandom slang) To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself.
   • 2011, Corinne Gaston, "Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power", Daily Trojan, 21 June 2011:

     Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.
2. (fashion) To wear an oversize top with skintight thigh-high boots and no leggings.
3. To adorn with one or more lampshades.
4. To design or create lampshades.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lampshade.

Anagrams

• headlamps