pupusa
English
A pair of pupusas.
Etymology
From Spanish pupusa, from Pipil pupusawa (“swollen”).
Noun
pupusa (plural pupusas)
- A thick, hand-rolled maize tortilla.
See also
pupusa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- upupas
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- (Central America) a stuffed tortilla
- (Central America, vulgar, slang) pussy, vulva
Descendants
- → English: pupusa
Further reading
- “pupusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014