churro

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noun

A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.

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Meanings

nounchurro (plural churros)

plural churros

  1. A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.

Origin

  1. Spanishchurro
  2. Spanishchurro
  3. Englishchurro

Borrowed from Spanish churro.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἔγχυτος
  • ἔγχυτος (énkhutos)fried pastry
Basque txurro
  • txurrofried pastry
Bulgarian чуро
  • чуро (čuro)fried pastry
Catalan xurro
  • xurrofried pastry
Chinese Mandarin 西班牙油條 /西班牙油条, 西班牙遊得志 /西班牙游得志
  • 西班牙油條 /西班牙油条 (Xībānyá yóutiáo)fried pastry
  • 西班牙遊得志 /西班牙游得志 (Xībānyá yóudézhì)fried pastry
  • 西班牙式炸小油條 /西班牙式炸小油条 (Xībānyá shìzhà xiǎoyóutiáo)fried pastry
  • 巧羅絲 /巧罗丝 (qiǎoluósī)fried pastry
  • 吉拿棒 (jínábàng)fried pastry
  • 裘若 (qiúruò)fried pastry
Esperanto fritkuko, benjeto
  • fritkukofried pastry
  • benjetofried pastry
  • pastoklabetofried pastry
  • cilindrobenjetofried pastry
Estonian churro
  • churrofried pastry
Finnish churro
  • churrofried pastry
French chichi, churro
  • chichifried pastry
  • churrofried pastry
German Churro
  • Churrofried pastry
Greek τσούρο
  • τσούρο (tsoúro)fried pastry
Hebrew צ׳ורוס
  • צ׳ורוסfried pastry
Indonesian curo, cakwe spanyol
  • curofried pastry
  • cakwe spanyolfried pastry
Italian churro
  • churrofried pastry
Japanese チュロ, チュロス
  • チュロ (churo)fried pastry
  • チュロス (churosu)fried pastry
Korean 추로, 추로스
  • 추로 (churo)fried pastry
  • 추로스 (churoseu)fried pastry
Latin encytus
  • encytusfried pastry
Persian چورو
  • چورو (čuro)fried pastry
Portuguese churro
  • churrofried pastry
Russian чу́рро
  • чу́рро (čúrro)fried pastry
Spanish churro, tejeringo
  • churrofried pastry
  • tejeringofried pastry
Swedish churro, churros
  • churrofried pastry
  • churrosfried pastry
Thai ชูร์โร
  • ชูร์โร (chuu roo)fried pastry
Ukrainian чу́ро
  • чу́ро (čúro)fried pastry

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with churro

chiaroscuro
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Cite this entry
APA

churro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churro

MLA

“churro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churro. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “churro,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churro.

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