chalupa
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chalupa. Doublet of shallop and sloop.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈluːpə/
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 edit
Related terms edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chalupa f
- cottage; rural house
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
nouns
Further reading edit
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. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “chalupa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chalupa f
- cottage; rural house
Derived terms edit
References 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, 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014