churre

Spanish

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Iberian and related to dialectal xurro (“dirty”).

Noun

churre f (plural churres)

1. thick grease

Derived terms

• churrete

 

Noun

churre m or f by sense (plural churres)

1. (Peru) kid; lad; lass

Further reading

• “churre”, 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