churro

American  

[choor-oh, choor-raw] / ˈtʃʊər oʊ, ˈtʃur rɔ /

noun

Mexican Cooking.

plural

churros

1. a long, slender, deep-fried pastry resembling a cruller.

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Etymology

Origin of churro

First recorded in 1925–30; from Spanish, perhaps after dialect churro (a kind of coarse-wooled sheep), the name for the inhabitants of the mountainous parts of Valencia, the approximate area where the pastry originated

Example Sentences

“It was like, ‘I cannot just make art about churros and rides right now,’” Smith says.

From Los Angeles Times

Around me: Jamaican steel drums, an electrified sitar, Mexican women selling churros, Chinese immigrants painting tourists’ names in calligraphy.

From Los Angeles Times

In Spain, fritter-like buñuelos showed up with the Moors, and by some reports, churros were a Chinese idea that was later dragged through molten chocolate by hungry Madrileños or wandering shepherds or both.

From Salon

“People selling hot dogs and churros,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Celia thinks she bakes a better churro cake than I do, but”—he grins—“she’s wrong.”

From Literature