Borrowed from Spanish chimichurri, from Basque tximitxurri (literally “a mixture of several things in no particular order”), from Basque immigrants to Argentina and Uruguay in the 19th century. Many folk etymologies also exist.
chimichurri (countable and uncountable, plural chimichurris)
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From Spanish chimichurri.
chimichurri
Inflection of chimichurri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | chimichurri | chimichurrit | |
genitive | chimichurrin | chimichurrien | |
partitive | chimichurria | chimichurreja | |
illative | chimichurriin | chimichurreihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | chimichurri | chimichurrit | |
accusative | nom. | chimichurri | chimichurrit |
gen. | chimichurrin | ||
genitive | chimichurrin | chimichurrien | |
partitive | chimichurria | chimichurreja | |
inessive | chimichurrissa | chimichurreissa | |
elative | chimichurrista | chimichurreista | |
illative | chimichurriin | chimichurreihin | |
adessive | chimichurrilla | chimichurreilla | |
ablative | chimichurrilta | chimichurreilta | |
allative | chimichurrille | chimichurreille | |
essive | chimichurrina | chimichurreina | |
translative | chimichurriksi | chimichurreiksi | |
abessive | chimichurritta | chimichurreitta | |
instructive | — | chimichurrein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed from Spanish chimichurri.
chimichurri m (invariable)
Possibly from Basque tximitxurri (“hodgepodge”). Less likely folk etymologies explain the sauce's name as a Spanish-language corruption of English words, such as "Jimmy Curry",[1][2] "Jimmy McCurry",[1][3] or "gimme curry".[4]
chimichurri m (plural chimichurris)