It's a well known word in English.
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chur·ro
n., pl. -ros.

A thick coiled fritter of fried dough.

[Spanish, perhaps from dialectal xurro, dirty, Valencian.]

Food Glossary



Churro

This Spanish and Mexican specialty consists of a sweet-dough spiral that is deep-fried and eaten like a doughnut. Churros are usually coated with a mixture of cinnamon and confectioners\' (or granulated) sugar.
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A churro is a sweet, fried pastry-based snack, popular in Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and the USA. It is sometimes referred to as a Spanish doughnut or Mexican doughnut. It is also sometimes referred to as a type of pretzel. In some parts of Spain (such as Ávila or Madrid) bigger churros are called porras, and smaller and twisted ones, churros.

Some claim that the churro is named after the shape of the horns of the Churro breed of sheep which is reared in the Spanish grasslands. This may be true as it is possible that the churro was initially invented by the shepherds of this region.

The churro is typically fried to a crunchy consistency. Its surface is ridged due to being extruded from a churrera, a syringe with a star-shaped nozzle. Churros are generally prisms in shape, but instead of being straight they may be curled or spirally twisted.

Its size and recipe, both of which vary considerably, may determine whether it is thought of as a kind of bread, cake, or cookie.

The typical flavoring of churros is cinnamon. Churros are also often served sprinkled with sugar. Many churro connoisseurs swear by the combination of chocolate con churros, wherein the churro is dunked into a mug of piping hot chocolate.

Like pretzels, churros are often sold by street vendors who in many cases will fry them freshly on the street stand and sell them warm or hot.

Churros contain a high proportion of fat due to being deep-fried.

The deep frying process produces a widely appreciated smell (hence their attraction to street vendors), but where they form a significant component of daily diets, they are often associated with obesity-related health problems.

Filled straight churros are found in Brazil (with chocolate, caramel among others), and in Argentina, usually filled with Dulce de leche, but also with chocolate and vanilla.

A sweet Turkish \'fluted fritter\', which seems to look similar to churros, is called Tulumba Tatlisi.\"



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Otra definición en español de lo que es un churro en México, que además parece ir más de acuerdo con tu pregunta anterior de \"pan de caja\" y \"bolillos\" ya que los churros en México se venden en las panaderías como pan dulce:

churro1.
(Voz onomat.).
1. m. Fruta de sartén, de la misma masa que se emplea para los buñuelos y de forma cilíndrica estriada.
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Por otra parte, viendo la confusión que hay con \"churritos\" y \"charritos\" debo aclarar que los \"charritos\" sí son la botana que describe Ana María, pero eso es esencialmente otra cosa.

El Google tiene un valor innegable pero también está lleno de errores de deletreo y en mi opinión no debemos confiar tan ciegamente en él.

Soy mexicano, nací y viví hasta los 22 años en México y te puedo asegurar que un \"churrito\" y un \"charrito\" son dos cosas totalmente distintas.