In its common usage, the word either means something sucks or describes a certain lewd act. Netflix Chupa Spanish SpanishVocab streaming weirdnews SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Chupacabra Texas
San Antonians love scary tales of the the blood-sucking chupacabra, a creature from South American folklore, but many of them are likely to think the name Netflix’s new movie featuring the mythical beast just plain sucks., which begins streaming on April 7, follows a young protagonist who visits Mexico to meet his family and befriends a baby chupacabra, which he names Chupa.
Since the release of the trailer and movie poster Tuesday, Spanish speakers have taken to social media to note that the word “chupa” literally means “suck” or “to suck.” In more casual vernacular, it also can be used to describe fellatio. “Imagine the sheer amount of people this title went through at @netflix all the way to ‘release promo movie poster’ for no one to tell them that you can’t shorten the word ‘chupacabra’ with ‘chupa’ because it literally means ‘to suck off’ …” American author Vanessa Angélica Villarreal tweeted. “Like kids should not google this word.”
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