empanada

See also: empañada

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Noun

empanada (plural empanadas)

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enpãada, enpanada (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from *empãar (to put into bread). Perhaps under the influence of empanar (to conceal, literally to put into a cloth). Cognate with Portuguese empada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empaˈnaða̝/

Noun

empanada f (plural empanadas)

  1. (cooking) pie; traditional stuffed pastry usually composed of two crusts of fine bread and a filling of sauté of vegetables and either meat or fish

Participle

empanada f sg

  1. feminine singular of empanado

See also

References

Portuguese

Participle

empanada f sg

  1. feminine singular of empanado

Spanish

Etymology

From empanar (to bread) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empaˈnada/ [ẽm.paˈna.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧da

Noun

empanada f (plural empanadas)

  1. empanada
  2. (colloquial) fraud
    Synonym: fraude
  3. (humorous, colloquial) vagina
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Belizean Creole: panaades (from the plural form)
  • English: empanada

Adjective

empanada f sg

  1. feminine singular of empanado

Participle

empanada f sg

  1. feminine singular of empanado

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empanada. Compare Manado Malay panada. Doublet of panara.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔempaˈnada/ [ʔɛm.pɐˈn̪aː.d̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧da

Noun

empanada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜈᜇ)

  1. empanada (especially Philippine varieties)

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