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cha•lu•pa
(chə lo̅o̅′pə; Sp. chä lo̅o̅′pä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pas (-pəz; Sp. -päs).USA pronunciation [Mexican Cookery.]
- Fooda fried tortilla spread with bean paste or ground cooked meat and topped with shredded cheese, lettuce, chopped tomato, and often hot sauce.
- French chaloupe; see shallop, sloop
- Mexican Spanish; Spanish: boat, launch
- 1890–95, American.