charro bean

noun

A pinto bean, as used in Mexican cooking, especially as used to make charro bean soup (a hearty, spicy, smoky soup flavoured with bacon).

OriginSpanish charro →
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Meanings

nouncharro bean (plural charro beans)

plural charro beans

  1. A pinto bean, as used in Mexican cooking, especially as used to make charro bean soup (a hearty, spicy, smoky soup flavoured with bacon).

Origin

  1. Spanishcharro“cowboy”
  2. Englishcharro 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.

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APA

charro bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charro%20bean

MLA

“charro bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charro%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “charro bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charro%20bean.

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