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Where does “chupachupa” come from?

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

chupachupa (Portuguese): lollipop

Definitions

  1. lollipop

Ancestry of “chupachupa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesechuparto suck; to suck off, to blow
2Spanishchuparto suck; to absorb; to suck off, to blow
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