The story
- Spanish · derived fromgorrión“sparrow”
- Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromburrión
- English todayburion
From Mexican Spanish burrión, perhaps alteration of Spanish gorrión (“sparrow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
burion
Today it means: A red-breasted house sparrow of California (Haemorhous mexicanus, formerly Carpodacus mexicanus, Carpodacus frontalis). Full definition →
Mexican Spanish burrión ← Spanish gorrión