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charro bean

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).

Noun

charro bean (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).

Forms of charro bean

pluralcharro beans

Origin of charro 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.

Questions about charro bean

What does charro bean mean?
Charro bean means a pinto bean, as used in Mexican cooking, especially as used to make charro bean soup (a hearty, spicy, smoky soup flavoured with bacon).
What part of speech is charro bean?
Charro bean is a noun.
What is the plural of charro bean?
The plural of charro bean is charro beans.

Words near charro bean in the dictionary

  1. charriest
  2. charring
  3. charring up
  4. charrings
  5. charro
  6. charro bean
  7. charro beans
  8. Charron
  9. Charrons
  10. charros
  11. charrs

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