# burrito

Pronunciation: say "buh-REE-toh" US /bəˈɹi.toʊ/, UK /bəˈɹiː.təʊ/

## Noun

1. A Mexican dish of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat or beans, cheese, and other ingredients.
   - Simple: A Mexican food made from a soft flour tortilla wrapped around meat, beans, and cheese.
   - _He grabbed a burrito on his way to work._
   - _The taqueria rolls each burrito tightly so the filling stays inside._

## Verb

2. To wrap a person or object up snugly in a blanket or covering, the way a tortilla encloses a burrito's filling. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To wrap a person or thing up tightly, the way a tortilla wraps a burrito.
   - _She burritoed her toddler in a fleece blanket before the long drive._
   - _We always burrito the cat in a towel to clip its nails._

## Origin

Borrowed from Spanish burrito, the diminutive of burro ("donkey"), which goes back through Latin burricus ("small horse") and burrus ("red-brown") to Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, "flame-colored") and πῦρ (pûr, "fire"). The food is said to be named this because it resembles a rolled-up pack of the kind typically carried by donkeys.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/burrito (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).