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English
Etymology
From Spanish empanadilla, diminutive of empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).
Noun
empanadilla (plural empanadillas)
- A small empanada.
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
From empanada + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empanaˈdiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /empanaˈdiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empanaˈdiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empanaˈdiʒa/
- Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧di‧lla
Noun
empanadilla f (plural empanadillas)
- empanadilla
- dumpling
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