chalupa

noun

cha·lu·pa chä-ˈlü-pä

chə-ˈlü-pə

: a fried corn tortilla sometimes shaped like a boat and usually filled with a savory mixture (as of meat, vegetables, or cheese)

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Start with lunch on the hacienda-style patio at Joe T. Garcia’s, a popular Tex-Mex restaurant serving up margaritas and family recipes like bean chalupas since 1935. —

Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 Cheesy street chalupas are available for a limited time, though Taco Bell didn’t say for how long. —

Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024 Carlos Uriel Sumano Arias, paddling a flat-bottomed chalupa belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), slips into a quiet canal and lays up next to a chinampa, an artificial island for growing crops—a farming system invented by the Aztecs. —

Byrichard Stone, science.org, 9 May 2023 Don’t overlook the crispy corn chalupa shells. —

Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for chalupa