Meanings
plural chimichurris
- uncountableA sauce and marinade for grilled meat originally from Argentina, made from chopped parsley or cilantro, garlic, salt, pepper, onion, and paprika with olive oil.
There are also platters of flavorful pork ribs glazed with smoky chipotle, chicken wings char-grilled with garlicky chimichurri, and plump mussels in green chili tortilla broth with leeks and oven dried tomatoes.
2007 September 9, “Pork Bellies to Baguettes”, in New York Times
Origin
- Basquetximitxurri
- Spanishchimichurri
- Englishchimichurri
Borrowed from Spanish chimichurri, from Basque tximitxurri (literally “a mixture of several things in no particular order”), from Basque immigrants to Argentina and Uruguay in the 19th century. Many folk etymologies also exist.
More words from Spanish, Basque
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Afrikaans chimichurri
- chimichurriArgentinian sauce for grilled meat
Portuguese chimichurri
- chimichurriArgentinian sauce for grilled meat
Spanish cytsa
- cytsaa traditional pork sandwich of the Dominican Republic
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chimichurri. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimichurri
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