different between pastry vs churro

English

Etymology

paste +? -ry, or Old French pastaierie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?st?i/

Noun

pastry (countable and uncountable, plural pastries)

1. (countable) A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.

2. (uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

3. (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
4. (countable, obsolete) A place where pastry is made.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, IV. iv. 2:

     They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.

5. (uncountable) The act or art of making pastry.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• pastry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Sparty

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.