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/Sounds like "poo" (as in "pool") + "poo" (as in "pool") + "seh" (as in "set") + "REE" (as in "reed") + "ah" (as in "art")/

Meaning

A restaurant or stand where freshly made pupusas are prepared and sold, the national dish of El Salvador. Pupuserías are the gastronomic heart of Salvadoran culture.

Examples

There's an amazing Salvadoran pupusería near my house.

That pupusería makes the best cheese and loroco ones.

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Regional synonyms

In Venezuela, something exaggerated, out of proportion, or way over the line. When something is "jalao" it has gone beyond reasonable limits, whether it is a price, an attitude, or a story.