English

Noun

chalupa ‎(plural chalupas)

1. A specialty food of south-central Mexico, consisting of a bowl-shaped fried tortilla stuffed with chopped meat, lettuce, cheese, etc.

Portuguese

Noun

chalupa f (plural chalupas)

1. (nautical) sloop (single-masted sailboat)

Spanish

Etymology

From French chaloupe, from Dutch sloep

Noun

chalupa f ‎(plural chalupas)

1. (nautical) shallop, sloop, launch (a kind of longboat)
2. (Mexico) two-man canoe
3. (Mexico) a bowl-shaped fried tortilla stuffed with chopped meat, lettuce, cheese, etc.
4. (Mexico, slang) fat girl