Where does “chupachupa” come from?

chupachupa (Papiamentu) comes from Papiamentu chupa, from Kabuverdianu tchupa, from Portuguese chupar, from Spanish chupar — to suck; to absorb; to suck off, to blow.

chupachupa (Papiamentu): leech

Definitions

  1. leech

Ancestry of “chupachupa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Papiamentuchupato suck
2Kabuverdianutchupato suck
3Portuguesechuparto suck; to suck off, to blow
4Spanishchuparto suck; to absorb; to suck off, to blow
Every word from Spanish chupar →Every word from Portuguese chupar →Every word from Kabuverdianu tchupa →