Advertisement

Advertisement

palapa

[ puh-lah-puh; Spanish pah-lah-pah ]

noun

plural palapas [p, uh, -, lah, -p, uh, z, pah-, lah, -pahs].
  1. a simple, thatched-roof dwelling, usually open on the sides.
  2. any building resembling this, especially in a resort area, as a restaurant, beachhouse, or the like.


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of palapa1

Perhaps < Mexican Spanish: a kind of palm tree
Discover More

Example Sentences

Maria Consuelo Palapa came with her 7-year-old son, Omar, “first to help the church, and to teach the child my traditions” from the Mexican state of Puebla.

After dinner, we headed to the base camp where the Jaguar Alliance undertakes its research, a cluster of palapa huts around a small lake within the reserve.

Then, back at the hotel, I walked down a long wooden pier to one of the stilted palapa huts that sit on the lagoon and watched the sunset over the mangroves, looking toward the jungle beyond, where the jaguars would soon be making their nightly migrations.

I retreated to one of the palapa huts and, after chasing off a large black tarantula that had somehow sneaked inside and taken up residence above my bed, I let the tropical drone of Calakmul carry me off to sleep.

Enjoy lobsters, shrimp, freshly caught finfish and oysters under a seaside palapa with your feet in the sand.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


palanquinpalatability