birria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish birria.

Noun

birria (countable and uncountable, plural birrias)

1. 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/ [ˈbi.rja]
• Rhymes: -irja
• Syllabification: bi‧rria

Noun

birria f (plural birrias)

1. garbage, junk, slop
   • 2015 October 1, “Mantequerías Rincón”, in El País‎^[1]:

     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.

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2. worthless person
3. (Mexico) birria (“stewed meat”)

Further reading

• “birria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “birria” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010