chalupa
See also: Chalupa, chałupa, Chałupa, chałupą, and Chałupą
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chalupa. Doublet of shallop.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈluːpə/
Noun
chalupa (plural chalupas)
- A shallop 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.
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Derived terms
- drop a chalupa
- enchalupa
- quesalupa
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxalupa]
Noun
chalupa f
- cottage; rural house
Declension
Declension of chalupa
| 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
- chaloupka
Further reading
- chalupa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- chalupa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French chaloupe,[1][2] likely from Old French eschalope (“shell”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈlu.pɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈlu.pa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐˈlu.pɐ/
- Hyphenation: cha‧lu‧pa
Noun
chalupa f (plural chalupas)
- sloop (single-masted sailboat)
Adjective
chalupa m or f (plural chalupas)
- (Portugal) crazy, mad
References
- “chalupa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “chalupa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxalupa]
Noun
chalupa f
- cottage; rural house
Derived terms
- chalúpka
- chalúpočka
- chalúpčička
- chalupisko
References
- chalupa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French chaloupe, from Old French eschalope (“shell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈlupa/ [t͡ʃaˈlu.pa]
- Rhymes: -upa
- Syllabification: cha‧lu‧pa
Noun
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
- → English: chalupa
Further reading
- “chalupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014