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A churro (Spanish pronunciation:, Portuguese pronunciation:) is a type of fried dough from Spanish and Portuguese cuisine, made with choux pastry dough piped into hot oil with a piping bag and large closed star tip or similar shape.
The word charro was originally used in the 18th century, as a derogatory term for country people, meaning rough, rustic, coarse, unsophisticated, gaudy and in bad taste; synonymous with the English terms yokel, bumpkin, or redneck. [21] [22] The word eventually evolved separately in both Spain and Mexico, to mean different things.
In Puerto Rico, charro is a generally accepted slang term to mean that someone or something is obnoxiously out of touch with social or style norms, similar to the United States usage of dork(y), (i.e gaudy). The traditional Mexican charro is known for colorful clothing and participating in coleadero y charreada, a specific type of Mexican rodeo.
The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists (phoneticians) whose role is "to research and advise on the pronunciation of any words, names or phrases in any language required by anyone in the BBC". [1]
The sweet bread’s name is derived from pan del Ton, Italian for “Toni’s bread.” It is traditionally made with rum-soaked raisins and citron. This Italian pastry has been eaten since the ...
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Some English speakers pronounce it / ˈ dʒ aɪ r oʊ /, likely because the word is a heteronym of the, only indirectly related, word "gyro". [ 11 ] In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki , while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes. [ 12 ]
At one point, she says she felt light-headed and "fainted in a parking lot one time." "Sometimes I couldn't remember my name. It was a lot," she adds.