chalupa
Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈlu.pɐ/
chalupa is spelled C-H-A-L-U-P-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chalupa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sloop (single-masted sailboat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena embarcação de um só mastro, para navegação de cabotagem”.
What does chalupa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesloop (single-masted sailboat)
adjective
- 1
Portugalfemininemasculinecrazy, mad
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena embarcação de um só mastro, para navegação de cabotagem 2. barco de vela e remos 3. no voltarete, as três cartas de mais valor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chalupa
- chalupas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chalupa?
- Brazil /ʃaˈlu.pɐ/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈlu.pɐ/
- Portugal /t͡ʃɐˈlu.pɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chalupa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chalupa in Portuguese?
chalupa appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).