birria

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/ˈbɪɹiə/

noun

A Mexican dish of stewed meat (usually goat, beef or lamb; sometimes pork or chicken) and spices, typically served like a soup with (or sometimes in) tortillas.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounbirria (countable and uncountable, plural birrias)

plural birrias

  1. countableuncountableA Mexican dish of stewed meat (usually goat, beef or lamb; sometimes pork or chicken) and spices, typically served like a soup with (or sometimes in) tortillas.

    They might also have goat birria, red and earthy from chiles, cinnamon, and cloves.

    2020, José R. Ralat, American Tacos: A History and Guide, University of Texas Press, →ISBN
    1 more example

    Birria was late in coming to many parts of the border; I first became aware of it when a former student of mine, a native of Guadalajara, opened a birrieria, or birria restaurant, in Tucson in 1980. Now there are several such restaurants in Tucson. […]

    2017, Gregory McNamee, Tortillas, Tiswin, and T-Bones: A Food History of the Southwest, University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 211

Origin

  1. Spanishbirria
  2. Englishbirria

Borrowed from Spanish birria.

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Cite this entry
APA

birria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birria

MLA

“birria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birria.

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