chalupa

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chalupa. Doublet of shallop and sloop.

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Noun

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chalupa (plural chalupas)

  1. A shallop (light boat) from Xochimilco.
  2. A specialty food of south-central Mexico, consisting of a bowl-shaped fried tortilla stuffed with chopped meat, lettuce, cheese, etc.
    • 2018, Dotty Griffith, The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook, page 116:
      The Tex-Mex–style chalupas I'm most familiar with are built on flat, crisp-fried corn tortillas.
    • 2021 May 6, Lyda Jones Burnette, “Shrimp Chalupas”, in Country Living Magazine:
      (see title)
    • 2021 December 6, Hannah Albertine, Nikko Duren, Carlo Mantuano, “NYC’s Best New Dishes Of 2021”, in The Infatuation:
      The tortillas for the chalupas are cooked in pork lard on a charcoal-fired comal, and they get doused with salsa, shredded pork, and onions.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech chalupa, from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.

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Noun

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chalupa f

  1. cottage; rural house

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Further reading

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  • chalupa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • chalupa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • chalupa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chaloupe,[1][2] likely from Old French eschalope (shell).

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  • Hyphenation: cha‧lu‧pa

Noun

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chalupa f (plural chalupas)

  1. sloop (single-masted sailboat)

Adjective

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chalupa m or f (plural chalupas)

  1. (Portugal) crazy, mad

References

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  1. ^ chalupa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ chalupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.

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chalupa f (declension pattern of žena)

  1. cottage; rural house

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Further reading

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  • chalupa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chaloupe, from Old French eschalope (shell).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈlupa/ [t͡ʃaˈlu.pa]
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: cha‧lu‧pa

Noun

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chalupa f (plural chalupas)

  1. (nautical) shallop, sloop, launch (a kind of longboat)
  2. (Chile) flip-flop, slipper, sandal
  3. (Mexico) two-man canoe
  4. (Mexico) a chalupa (bowl-shaped fried tortilla stuffed with chopped meat, lettuce, cheese, etc.)
  5. (Mexico, slang) fat girl

Descendants

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  • English: chalupa

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