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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish birria.
Noun
birria (countable and uncountable, plural birrias)
- A Mexican dish of stewed meat (usually goat, beef or lamb; sometimes pork or chicken) and spices, typically served like a soup with (or sometimes in) tortillas.
2017, Gregory McNamee, Tortillas, Tiswin, and T-Bones: A Food History of the Southwest, University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 211:Birria was late in coming to many parts of the border; I first became aware of it when a former student of mine, a native of Guadalajara, opened a birrieria, or birria restaurant, in Tucson in 1980. Now there are several such restaurants in Tucson. […]
2020, José R. Ralat, American Tacos: A History and Guide, University of Texas Press, →ISBN:They might also have goat birria, red and earthy from chiles, cinnamon, and cloves.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *verrea, from Latin verres (“boar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbirja/
- Rhymes: -irja
- Syllabification: bi‧rria
Noun
birria f (plural birrias)
- garbage, junk, slop
2015 October 1, “Mantequerías Rincón”, in El País:Y el dueño de tales birrias es don César Rincón, el gran maestro colombiano que un día deslumbró al mundo con su torería heroica, y que como ganadero no tiene inconveniente en hacer el ridículo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- worthless person
- (Mexico) birria (“stewed meat”)
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