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i know that burro means donkey and that if you add 'it' to a word it means little, so does burrito mean little donkey?

66508 viewsupdated Sep 22, 2010posted by spanish-at-heart

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This wiki article mentions one possible link between food and animal

The word burrito literally means "little donkey" in Spanish, coming from burro, which means "donkey". The name burrito possibly derives from the appearance of a rolled up wheat tortilla, which vaguely resembles the ear of its namesake animal, or from bedrolls and packs that donkeys carried

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updated Jun 2, 2010edited by 0074b507posted by 0074b507We should prohibit posting pictures of food. Jaja. Now I'm hungry. I'm going to have to change my name to GordoViejo. - CalvoViejo, Feb 14, 2010mmm, that looks good!!! - spanish-at-heart, Jun 2, 20101vote

Idk just know its meat,flour wrap,mole(somtimes) wrapaed into a tupe like wrap that is a comon american food from mexico.

updated Sep 22, 2010posted by Aaka20Yeah, thats what I think too. - April-Sarah, Nov 15, 2009i knew that but i wanted to know what the actual word means - spanish-at-heart, Nov 15, 2009great! now I'm hungry - MeEncantanCarasSonrisas, Feb 14, 2010Well, it is a common american food indeed but it's not from Mexico ;P - InésDelRío, Feb 15, 2010I've always suspected that the BURRITO (mexican food wrapped in a flour tortilla) was not originally from Mexico,due to the fact that when I was in Mexico we simply called them tacos. does anybody know where I can find out more accurate info about this? - Myneg, Sep 22, 20101vote

ito its the diminutive = little burro = burrito

updated Nov 15, 2009posted by 0068e2f40votes

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updated Feb 14, 2010posted by egfsdwhy? are you riding uin burrito sabanero or have un dolor de barrigita porque comiste un burrito - CubaLibre68, Feb 14, 20100votes

little donkeys and hot dogs...makes sense too me! jejeje

updated Nov 15, 2009posted by aloshekMexican burrito didn't even occurred to me. - 0068e2f4, Nov 15, 2009🚀 Remove adsSpanishDictionary.com is the world's most popular Spanish-English dictionary, translation, and learning website.FEATURESTranslationConjugationVocabularyLearn SpanishGrammarWord of the DayABOUTAbout UsPrivacyTermsSite MapHelpContact UsSOCIAL NETWORKSFacebookXXInstagramAPPSAppleiOSAndroidAndroid IXL learning logo