pupusa
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- noun
- /puˈpuːsə/
- US
- These remittances have been their lifeline and have allowed Isaura to start a small street business selling pupusas (a type of stuffed tortilla) in front of a factory.
- Salvadoran pupusas
- pupusa, a tortilla
- pupusas stuffed
Examples
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If you're unfamiliar with pupusas, they're a Salvadoran dish which is very, very popular and really amazing.
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I've made tortillas and pupusas before, but there's something special about someone else (grandmothers and mothers, especially) making them.
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Her mother is making pupusas.
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When Vasquez came up to take his order, Andrews asked for a chicken pupusa.
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Ohhh, I have to try pupusas; they sound delicious!
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She made more beans and pupusas when she came back.
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Kirk Andrews, 52, of Portland, said Sabor Salvadoreo makes the area's best pupusas.
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When my mom came to visit recently, I asked her to make me a couple of things that I love: corn tortillas and refried beans with cheese pupusas (and curtido, of course).
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You can also order two pupusas with rice and beans for $5.50.
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Generous, cheesy pupusas come two to an order, good with the likes of fried yuca and pork.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pupusa comes from El Salvador and likely from a native Central American word that meant 'to stuff' or 'to fill'. So a pupusa is a thick corn cake 'filled' with beans, cheese, or meat, which helps explain the name.