chalupa

Definitions of chalupa
  1. noun
    a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
    synonyms: bote salvavidas, lancha de socorro
  2. noun
    the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel
    synonyms: lancha
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    type of:
    embarcación
    a small vessel for travel on water
  3. noun
    a boat for communication between ship and shore
    synonyms: pinaza
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    type of:
    embarcación
    a small vessel for travel on water
  4. noun
    a whimsically eccentric person
    synonyms: chalado, chiflado, colifato, locatis, locato, locuelo, maniático, piantado, pirado, tabardillo, tarambana
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    type of:
    bicho raro, estrafalario, excéntrico
    a person with an unusual or odd personality
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