chalupa
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chalupa. Doublet of shallop and sloop.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈluːpə/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]chalupa (plural chalupas)
- A shallop (light boat) from Xochimilco.
- 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.
Derived terms
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech chalupa, from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chalupa f
- cottage; rural house
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French chaloupe,[1][2] likely from Old French eschalope (“shell”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: cha‧lu‧pa
Noun
[edit]chalupa f (plural chalupas)
- sloop (single-masted sailboat)
Adjective
[edit]chalupa m or f (plural chalupas)
References
[edit]- ^ “chalupa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “chalupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chalupa f (declension pattern of žena)
- cottage; rural house
Declension
[edit]Declension of chalupa
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French chaloupe, from Old French eschalope (“shell”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chalupa f (plural chalupas)
- (nautical) shallop, sloop, launch (a kind of longboat)
- (Chile) flip-flop, slipper, sandal
- (Mexico) two-man canoe
- (Mexico) a chalupa (bowl-shaped fried tortilla stuffed with chopped meat, lettuce, cheese, etc.)
- (Mexico, slang) fat girl
Descendants
[edit]- → English: chalupa
Further reading
[edit]- “chalupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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