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birria

[ bih-ree-uh; Spanish bee-ree-ah ]

noun

, Mexican Cooking.
  1. a stew traditionally made of goat meat cooked with vinegar, garlic, herbs, spices, and chiles.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of birria1

First recorded in 1950–55; from Mexican Spanish, from Spanish: “garbage, trash, worthless person or thing,” from Vulgar Latin verrea (unrecorded) “despicable thing, stubbornness,” from Latin verrēs “boar”

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