Meanings
- uncountableA stew containing meat and potatoes, part of Chilean and Peruvian cuisine.
[…] but for the most authentic chupe, leave the shells on the shrimp.
1985, Felipe Rojas-Lombardi, Soup, Beautiful Soup3 more examples
Chupe is the Peruvian national dish, and may be made of any and every thing, so long as it holds its relationship to soup. It is made generally of mutton, potatoes, eggs, rice, all highly seasoned with pepper, &c.
1854, William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon, Exploration of the Amazon ValleyAnd as chupe is the eternal and almost always the sole dish obtainable in the interior of Peru and in Bolivia, I may as well dispose of it at once.
1868, Harper's New Monthly MagazineHere can be purchased all the native articles of luxury: coca, chupe, frozen potatoes, parched corn, and chicha […]
1911, Hiram Bingham, Across South America
Origin
- Quechuachupi
- Englishchupe
Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua chupi.
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