chalupa

American  

[chuh-loo-puh, chah-loo-pah] / tʃəˈlu pə, tʃɑˈlu pɑ /

noun

Mexican Cooking.

chalupas plural

1. a fried tortilla spread with bean paste or ground cooked meat and topped with shredded cheese, lettuce, chopped tomato, and often hot sauce.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chalupas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of chalupa

1890–95, < Mexican Spanish; Spanish: boat, launch < French chaloupe; see shallop, sloop

Example Sentences

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chalupa chalupas

Mari has been working with my family for more than 20 years; she's like a second mother to me and my brothers and she truly mastered my mom's chalupa green sauce recipe.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2023

"When I look at compliance, it's like a taco, wrapped in a burrito, wrapped in a chalupa," said an executive at a business jet manufacturer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

From Reuters ● Mar. 17, 2022

The fast food chain announced on Tuesday that it will be bringing back its Naked Chicken Chalupa -- a chalupa made with a fried chicken shell -- nationwide starting Thursday.

From Fox News ● May 19, 2021

With Taco Bell, the dairy group created the “Quesalupa,” a cheese-laden cross between a flat quesadilla and a firm-shelled chalupa that made its debut in February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2016

The next time you're having a house party and that craving for a bacon chalupa or Doritos Locos taco sneaks up on you, just order delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2015

But we can wholeheartedly recommend this dispatch from Slate’s Alexander Sammon, who visited his local Taco Bell to eat chalupas with the brave Americans who aren’t letting the risk of a parasite ruin their appetite.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

I always think of my mom's Cochinita Pibil, but I must say that Mari's chalupas are the best ones.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2023

He suggested pairing the dish with chalupas, small fried tortillas enjoyed with a variety of fillings; white rice; nopales salad; fried beans; and molotes de plátano, stuffed plantain patties.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022

In Queens, vendors had turned Corona Plaza into what resembled an open-air market in Mexico, drawing people from the neighborhood and beyond with stalls that sold everything from sizzling chalupas to embroidered sneakers.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021

A celebration of Mexican street fruit carts, the tile-framed stand offers granola-topped fruit salads known as bionicos, fruit smoothie licuados, aguas frescas and creatively topped cucumber chalupas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2019