empanada
empanada · empanadas
Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American…Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
/ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/
» Crispy empanadas make a perfect appetizer.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
Examples
21 sentencesCrispy empanadas make a perfect appetizer.
Famaillá is the capital of the empanada.
I like ground beef empanadas a lot.
She baked delicious empanadas for the party.
They served mini empanadas at the event.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Spanish empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).Borrowed from Spanish empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).
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Forms
plural: empanadasWord family
1 related wordsRelatedempanadilla