pupusa

English

A pair of pupusas.

Etymology

From Spanish pupusa, from Pipil pupusawa (“swollen”).

Noun

pupusa (plural pupusas)

1. A thick, hand-rolled maize tortilla.

See also

• pupusa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• upupas

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Pipil pupusawa (“swollen”). However, linguist Alan King, who has worked on Pipil Nawat, asserts this word is spurious, invented by Salvadoran linguist Pedro Geoffroy Rivas. The word is also absent from Lyle Campbell's lexicon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈpusa/ [puˈpu.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: pu‧pu‧sa

Noun

pupusa f (plural pupusas)

1. (Central America) a stuffed tortilla
2. (Central America, vulgar, slang) pussy, vulva

Derived terms

• pupusería
• pupusódromo

 

Descendants

• → English: pupusa

Further reading

• “pupusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014