churro
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃu.ʁu/
churro is spelled C-H-U-R-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Churro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “churro (type of fried pastry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “massa frigida de farinha e água com forma característica de estrias e por vezes enroscada sobre si”.
What does churro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechurro (type of fried pastry)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referido à lã churra, suja, com guedelhas encaracoladas, e menos fina 2. na culinária, mui frigido, torrado
noun: 1. massa frigida de farinha e água com forma característica de estrias e por vezes enroscada sobre si. 2. raça ovina, tipo de ovelha 3. sujidade da pele
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of churro
- churros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce churro?
- Brazil /ˈʃu.ʁu/
- Brazil [ˈʃu.hu]
- /ˈʃu.ʁu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to churro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is churro in Portuguese?
churro appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).