burro

/ˈburo/ · B1 · adj

stupid, foolish

🫏 English borrowed it whole: a burro is a pack donkey; a burrito is a little one

From Late Latin burricus, small horse. Spanish uses the donkey as the stock image of stubbornness and dimness, so calling someone burro means stupid or thick-headed. No seas burro = don't be an idiot.

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