churrasco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish churrasco (“barbecue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊˈɹæskəʊ/, /t͡ʃʊˈɹɑːskəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

churrasco (uncountable)

1. A type of barbecued steak, popular in Latin-American countries
   • 2006 June 9, Anne Ford, “A Cult Fave Reopens in the Southwest Burbs”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Most of the old favorites--beef brisket, gumbo, churrasco, and Pine's famous Cajun green beans--are still around.

   • 2003 January 24, Ethel Hammer, “Restaurant Tours: a cafe that caters to the spirit”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     In addition to sandwiches, mini pizzas, and breakfast items like hot oatmeal, muffins, and croissants, Last Kiss offers Chilean specialties including empanadas, a churrasco sandwich (broiled sirloin steak with avocado, tomato, and mayo), sopapilla chips (a crispy version of the puffy fried bread) with cilantro sauce, and mate--the traditional South American herbal tea, served in a gourd.

Galician

Galician churrasco

Etymology

Attested since the first half of the 20th century. From Italian chiaroscuro for the alternating light and dark grill marks on the meat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈrasko/ [t͡ʃuˈras̺.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -asko

Noun

churrasco m (plural churrascos)

1. grilled meat

Derived terms

• churrascada
• churrascaría
• churrasqueiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “churrasco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “churrasco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “churrasco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish churrasco (“barbecue”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈʁas.ku/ [ʃuˈhas.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈʁas.ku/ [ʃuˈhas.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈʁaʃ.ku/ [ʃuˈχaʃ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈʁas.ko/ [ʃuˈhas.ko]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈʁaʃ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈʁaʃ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈʁaʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku
• Hyphenation: chur‧ras‧co

Noun

churrasco m (plural churrascos)

1. churrasco; barbecued meat
2. barbecue (meal or event highlighted by food cooked on a barbecue)

   Synonym: (Brazil, colloquial) churras

Derived terms

• churrascada
• churrascar
• churrascaria
• churrasqueada
• churrasqueado
• churrasqueador
• churrasquear
• churrasqueira
• churrasqueiro

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Schurraske
• → Japanese: シュラスコ (shurasuko)

Verb

churrasco

1. first-person singular present indicative of churrascar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈrasko/ [t͡ʃuˈras.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: chu‧rras‧co

Etymology 1

From churrar, of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

churrasco m (plural churrascos)

1. churrasco; barbecued meat

   Synonym: asado

2. barbecue (meal or event highlighted by food cooked on a barbecue)

   Synonym: parrillada

Descendants

• → Catalan: xurrasco
• → English: churrasco
• → French: churrasco
• → Galician: churrasco
• → Portuguese: churrasco
  • → Hunsrik: Schurraske
  • → Japanese: シュラスコ (shurasuko)

Etymology 2

Verb

churrasco

1. first-person singular present indicative of churrascar

Further reading

• “churrasco”, 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