Etymology

charro bean

Today it means: A pinto bean, as used in Mexican cooking, especially as used to make charro bean soup (a hearty, spicy, smoky soup flavoured with bacon). Full definition →

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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcharro“cowboy”
  2. English todaycharro bean

From Spanish charro (“cowboy”) (or English charro, from that Spanish word), due to the association of the beans and of charro bean soup with Mexican cowboys.

Words from the same roots

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