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pupusa.

a stuffed tortilla

6 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/puˈpusa/[puˈpu.sa]
  1. a stuffed tortilla

    Central-America · feminine
  2. pussy, vulva

    Central-America · feminine · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Pipil pupusawa (“swollen”). However, linguist Alan King, who has worked on Pipil Nawat, asserts this word is spurious, invented by Salvadoran linguist Pedro Geoffroy Rivas. The word is also absent from Lyle Campbell's lexicon.

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