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English
Small empanadas from Spain
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish empanada , past participle of empanar ( “ to wrap in bread ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
empanada (plural empanadas )
Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
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Galician
Slices of Galician empanada , ready to be served
Empanada de millo ("maize pie")
Festa da Empanada ("pie fair"), Bandeira
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
Noun
empanada f (plural empanadas )
( 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
feminine singular of empanado
See also
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “empanada ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “empaada ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “empanada ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “empanada ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “empanada ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Portuguese
Participle
empanada f sg
feminine singular of empanado
Spanish
Etymology
From empanar ( “ to bread ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /empaˈnada/
Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧da
Noun
empanada f (plural empanadas )
empanada
( colloquial ) fraud
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
empanada f sg
feminine singular of empanado
Participle
empanada f sg
feminine singular of empanado
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish empanada . Compare Manado Malay panada . Doublet of panara .
Pronunciation
Noun
empanada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜈᜇ )
empanada ( especially Philippine varieties )
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