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empanada

/ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/

empanada noun: any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.

empanada: any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine
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Noun

empanada (plural empanadas)

  1. Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.

Forms of empanada

pluralempanadas

Origin of empanada

Borrowed from Spanish empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).

Words that rhyme with empanada

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about empanada

What does empanada mean?
Empanada means any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
What part of speech is empanada?
Empanada is a noun.
How do you pronounce empanada?
Empanada is pronounced /ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/.
What is the plural of empanada?
The plural of empanada is empanadas.

Words near empanada in the dictionary

  1. empalements
  2. empaler
  3. empalers
  4. empales
  5. empaling
  6. empanada
  7. empanadas
  8. empanadilla
  9. empanadillas
  10. empanel
  11. empaneled

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