chalupa

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US/t͡ʃəˈluːpə/

noun

A shallop (light boat) from Xochimilco.

OriginSpanish chalupa →
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Meanings

chalupa1

nounchalupa (plural chalupas)

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.

    (see title)

    2021 May 6, Lyda Jones Burnette, “Shrimp Chalupas”, in Country Living Magazine
    2 more examples

    The Tex-Mex–style chalupas I'm most familiar with are built on flat, crisp-fried corn tortillas.

    2018, Dotty Griffith, The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook, page 116

    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.

    2021 December 6, Hannah Albertine, Nikko Duren, Carlo Mantuano, “NYC’s Best New Dishes Of 2021”, in The Infatuation

Chalupa2

proper nounChalupa (plural Chalupas)

plural Chalupas

  1. A surname.

Origin

chalupa · noun

  1. Spanishchalupa
  2. Englishchalupa

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chalupa. Doublet of chaloupe, escallop, escalope, scallop, shallop, and sloop.

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Chalupa · proper noun

  1. PolishChałupa
  2. CzechChalupa
  3. EnglishChalupa

Borrowed either from Czech Chalupa or Polish Chałupa.

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APA

chalupa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalupa

MLA

“chalupa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalupa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalupa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalupa.

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