Etymology

pupusa

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Today it means: A thick, hand-rolled maize tortilla. Full definition →

Spanish pupusa ← ppl pupusawa
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The story

  1. ppl · derived frompupusawa“swollen”
  2. Spanish · borrowed frompupusa
  3. English todaypupusa

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

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