A small sturdy donkey commonly used as a pack animal to carry supplies, especially in Spanish-speaking countries and the southwestern United States.
From Spanish 'burro,' which may derive from Basque or Arabic 'burr' meaning a small horse; the animal became associated with Spanish colonial settlements in the Americas.
Burros are so tough they were the original pack animals of gold miners in the American West, and 'burro' entered English so thoroughly that English speakers often forget it's a Spanish word—a perfect example of how languages blend through everyday contact.
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