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birria

/ˈbɪɹiə/

birria 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.

Noun

birria (countable and uncountable, plural birrias)

  1. 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.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of birria

pluralbirrias

Origin of birria

Borrowed from Spanish birria.

Questions about birria

What does birria mean?
Birria means 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.
What part of speech is birria?
Birria is a noun.
How do you pronounce birria?
Birria is pronounced /ˈbɪɹiə/.
What is the plural of birria?
The plural of birria is birrias.

Words near birria in the dictionary

  1. Birregurra
  2. Birrell
  3. Birrells
  4. birretta
  5. birrettas
  6. birria
  7. birrias
  8. birrieria
  9. birrierias
  10. birring
  11. Birriwa

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