sopaipilla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sopaipilla.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

sopaipilla (countable and uncountable, plural sopaipillas)

  1. A small, crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey.
    Synonym: sopaipa
    • 2020, Marjorie Agosín, translated by Alison Ridley, “Changes Afoot”, in The Maps of Memory: Return to Butterfly Hill (The Butterfly Hill Series; 2), New York, N.Y.: Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, published September 2021, →ISBN, part 1 (The Esmeralda Returns), page 41:
      Between bites of sopaipilla, I ask why so many restaurants in Valparaíso are serving American-style food.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From sopaipa +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /sopaiˈpiʝa/ [so.pai̯ˈpi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /sopaiˈpiʎa/ [so.pai̯ˈpi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /sopaiˈpiʃa/ [so.pai̯ˈpi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /sopaiˈpiʒa/ [so.pai̯ˈpi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: so‧pai‧pi‧lla

Noun

sopaipilla f (plural sopaipillas)

  1. sopaipilla

Further reading

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