What does 'Xupito' mean?

[Aprendo]

There is a restaurant called "Xupito."

A Mexican restaurant.

What does this mean?


Thanks.

[JPablo]

It could be a spelling variant of "chupito" (a little sip of liquor)

[Aprendo]

Thanks, JPablo.

I did google 'Xupito' and checked the dictionary, but no luck.

I would have asked the owner, he/she was not there and it was my first time at this place.


It's in Vietnam BTW. And, Spanish language is increasing in popularity here.

[JPablo]

You're welcome. I am not totally sure, but as an educated guess, it could most likely mean that.

Let's see if Angelica or some other knowledgeable person has any other idea...

I used to work at a Snack-Bar Restaurant named "Moka" (i.e., "moca", like the coffee, in English), and the owner of the place told me that he had wanted to name it "Paprika", but when he was opening the restaurant, Franco (the Spanish dictator who died in the middle of the 70s) didn't like anything that could vaguely "sound" like coming from the Eastern communist block, so he decided to call it "Moka"...

Not that this story has much to do with your question, but it goes to say that sometimes some restaurant names could be very haphazard names... if you know what I mean...

Glad that Spanish language is taking a hold in Vietnam, I take if many people already know French, it would be somewhat easier to get going with Spanish...

[poli]

Besides chupito, it may refer to Júpito a name that conjures up Jupiter--someone Zeus-like capabiltiies, even a establishing a Mexican restaurant in Vietnam. I guess he has to make his own tortillas, and that's a good start.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I agree with JPablo. The "ch" sound is often pronounced "sh", which is commonly associated to letter "x".
It's like writing in English "l8" for "late" or "nite" for "night".


@Poli: I agree that requires great divine power... I think they're summoning Huitzilopochtli or, more specifically Chicomecóatl, the goddess of maize.