Example sentences for: burritos

How can you use “burritos” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Fifteen years ago, few people north of San Antonio had heard of burritos, fajitas, flautas , or chalupas . Today, thanks to franchise Mexican restaurants, they have become a part of America's vocabulary.

  • It became a well-known place to go, and people spoke of going a los burritos (to the burritos) when they wanted tacos of that kind.

  • Flour tortillas and burritos are found in northern Mexico and the Southwest, but are not known in other parts of Mexico.

  • Commercial burritos became available in San Francisco in 1961, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, and now there are supposedly over 150 burrito taquerías (taco restaurants) in the Mission District of that city.

  • Originally they were called tacos; another story about the origin of the name is that in the 1940s there was an establishment in Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, called Los Burritos that sold tacos made of tortillas de harina (flour tortillas).


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