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/Sounds like "poo" (as in "pool") + "POO" (as in "pool") + "sah" (as in "salsa")/

Meaning

A thick corn masa tortilla stuffed with cheese, beans, or chicharrón. It's the national dish of El Salvador and Honduras, eaten with curtido (pickled cabbage slaw) and tomato sauce.

Examples

Cheese pupusas with loroco are my favorite.

We went to a pupusería and ate like ten.

There's no Salvadoran who doesn't miss pupusas when they travel.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Gordita

A cicada, the insect that sings deafeningly during summer without stopping for a single second. Also used to describe something very loud or someone who talks too much and never shuts up.