chalupa

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See also: Chalupa, chałupa, Chałupa, chałupą, and Chałupą

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chalupa f

  1. cottage; rural house

Declension

Declension of chalupa (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative chalupa chalupy
genitive chalupy chalup
dative chalupě chalupám
accusative chalupu chalupy
vocative chalupo chalupy
locative chalupě chalupách
instrumental chalupou chalupami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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), 2008–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: cha‧lu‧pa

Noun

chalupa f (plural chalupas)

  1. sloop (single-masted sailboat)

Adjective

chalupa m or f (plural chalupas)

  1. (Portugal) crazy, mad

References

  1. ^ “chalupa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “chalupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.

Pronunciation

Noun

chalupa f (diminutive chalúpka or chalúpočka or chalúpčička, augmentative chalupisko)

  1. cottage; rural house

Declension

Declension of chalupa (pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativechalupachalupy
genitivechalupychalúp
dativechalupechalupám
accusativechalupuchalupy
locativechalupechalupách
instrumentalchalupouchalupami

Further reading

  • “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, 2003–2025

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  • → English: chalupa

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