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chalupita

chalupita noun: a bite-sized chalupa.

Noun

chalupita (plural chalupitas)

  1. A bite-sized chalupa.
    • In 1962, when I first started working in Ixmiquilpan, tamalitos were three for a peso, as were chalupitas and other tortilla- and maize-based snacks sold by street vendors.1989, H[arvey] Russell Bernard, Jesús Salinas Pedraza, Native Ethnography: A Mexican Indian Describes His Culture, Newbury Park, Calif.: SAGE Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 609
    • The day before, prepare the tortillas for the chalupitas and the quesos.1998, Jane Butel, Jane Butel’s Quick and Easy Southwestern Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 237

Forms of chalupita

pluralchalupitas

Origin of chalupita

From Spanish chalupita.

Questions about chalupita

What does chalupita mean?
Chalupita means a bite-sized chalupa.
What part of speech is chalupita?
Chalupita is a noun.
What is the plural of chalupita?
The plural of chalupita is chalupitas.

Words near chalupita in the dictionary

  1. chalumeaux
  2. chalung
  3. chalungs
  4. chalupa
  5. chalupas
  6. chalupita
  7. chalupitas
  8. chalutz
  9. chalutzes
  10. chalutzim
  11. chalutziut

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