burrito

[buh-ree-toh; Sp. boor-ree-taw] Origin

bur·ri·to

[buh-ree-toh; Sp. boor-ree-taw]
noun, plural bur·ri·tos [-tohz; Sp. -taws] . Mexican Cookery.
a tortilla folded over a filling, as of ground beef, grated cheese, or refried beans.

Origin:
1940–45; < Mexican Spanish (Guerrero): stuffed taco, Spanish: young donkey, foal, equivalent to burr(o) burro + -ito diminutive suffix
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Burrito is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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burrito (bəˈriːtəʊ)
 
n , pl -tos
Mexican cookery a tortilla folded over a filling of minced beef, chicken, cheese, or beans
 
[C20: from Mexican Spanish, from Spanish: literally, a young donkey]

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burrito
1934, from Sp., lit. "little burro" (see burro).
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