# chalupa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chalupa. Doublet of shallop and sloop.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /t͡ʃəˈluːpə/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

chalupa (plural chalupas)
* A shallop (light boat) 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.

#### Derived terms

* drop a chalupa
* enchalupa
* quesalupa

#### Related terms

* chalupita

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech chalupa, from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈxalupa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chalupa f
* cottage; rural house

#### Derived terms

* chaloupečka
* chaloupka
* chalupář
* chalupník

### Further reading

* “chalupa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “chalupa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “chalupa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French chaloupe, likely from Old French eschalope (“shell”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃaˈlu.pɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃaˈlu.pɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃaˈlu.pa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐˈlu.pɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐˈlu.pɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃɐˈlu.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 (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “chalupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xalupa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈxalupa]

### Noun

chalupa f (diminutive chalúpka or chalúpočka or chalúpčička, augmentative chalupisko)
* cottage; rural house

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “chalupa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French chaloupe, from Old French eschalope (“shell”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10