Meaning of birria | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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. […]”

“They might also have goat birria, red and earthy from chiles, cinnamon, and cloves.”

CEFR level