Borrowed fromSpanishburrito, diminutive ofburro(“donkey”), fromburrico(“donkey”), fromLatinburricus(“small horse”), fromburrus(“red-brown”), fromAncient Greekπυρρός(purrhós,“flame-colored”), fromπῦρ(pûr,“fire”). The food is so called because of its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example ofsynecdoche.
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burrito (pluralburritos)
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burrito (third-person singular simple presentburritos,present participleburritoing,simple past and past participleburritoed)
burrito m (pluralburrito's,diminutiveburritootje n)
burrito
| Inflection ofburrito (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | burrito | burritot | |
| genitive | burriton | burritojen | |
| partitive | burritoa | burritoja | |
| illative | burritoon | burritoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | burrito | burritot | |
| accusative | nom. | burrito | burritot |
| gen. | burriton | ||
| genitive | burriton | burritojen | |
| partitive | burritoa | burritoja | |
| inessive | burritossa | burritoissa | |
| elative | burritosta | burritoista | |
| illative | burritoon | burritoihin | |
| adessive | burritolla | burritoilla | |
| ablative | burritolta | burritoilta | |
| allative | burritolle | burritoille | |
| essive | burritona | burritoina | |
| translative | burritoksi | burritoiksi | |
| abessive | burritotta | burritoitta | |
| instructive | — | burritoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Borrowed fromSpanishburrito, diminutive ofburro(“donkey”), fromburrico(“donkey”), fromLatinburricus(“small horse”), fromburrus(“red-brown”), fromAncient Greekπυρρός(purrhós,“flame-colored”), fromπῦρ(pûr,“fire”).
burrito n (indeclinable)
