chalupa
Americannoun
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chalupas
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chalupa
1890–95, < Mexican Spanish; Spanish: boat, launch < French chaloupe; see shallop, sloop
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He could read the Taco Bell menu — chalupa su-preme — and convince you that it’s a lyrical wonder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
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 Quesalupa -- a combination of a quesadilla and a chalupa -- originally appeared in 2016 for a limited time.
From Fox News ● May 15, 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
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 hosted pop-ups that featured burgers, burritos, chalupas, nachos and breakfast sandwiches, sometimes even collaborating with other chefs on specialty items.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
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
The digital afterlife is like a sitcom Minority Report, where artificial intelligences done up as hotel bellhops dog your steps offering you free gum and promotional chalupas rain from the sky.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2020
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
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