burro

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US/ˈbʊɹoʊ/US/ˈbɝoʊ/

noun

A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

OriginSpanish burro ← Vulgar Latin *burrīccus ← Latin burricus →
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Meanings

nounburro (plural burros)

plural burros

  1. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  5. Latinburrus
  6. Latinburricus
  7. Vulgar Latin*burrīccus
  8. Spanishborricobf.
  9. Spanishburro
  10. Englishburro

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

Portuguese burrico, burrego
  • burricosmall donkey
  • burregosmall donkey
  • burrinhosmall donkey
Spanish burrico, burrito
  • burricosmall donkey
  • burritosmall donkey

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with burro

euro
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Sounds the same

borough (one pronunciation)

Anagrams

Roburrubor
Cite this entry
APA

burro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burro

MLA

“burro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burro.

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