burrita
burrita noun: a Latin American dish of meat and cheese in a tortilla, especially if folded rather than rolled like a burrito.
Noun
burrita (plural burritas)
- A Latin American dish of meat and cheese in a tortilla, especially if folded rather than rolled like a burrito.
- Burritas are another favorite, only they are not like the burritos familiar from North American-Mexican foods. Instead, they are two flour tortillas stacked with some meat, fried beans, grated cheese or onions, and avocados on top.2013, Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen Ph.D., Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 79
- We ate at his fine pad on Nápoles. His maid made burritas. Burritas white flour tortillas stuffed with ham and cheese. A writer with a maid that makes burritas?2015, Juan Felipe Herrera, Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 45
Forms of burrita
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Origin of burrita
From Spanish burrita. See burrito, burrito for more.
Questions about burrita
- What does burrita mean?
- Burrita means a Latin American dish of meat and cheese in a tortilla, especially if folded rather than rolled like a burrito.
- What part of speech is burrita?
- Burrita is a noun.
- What is the plural of burrita?
- The plural of burrita is burritas.
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