Empanada Definition

ĕmpə-nädə
empanadas
noun
Any of various pastry turnovers of Spain and Latin America, filled as with seasoned chopped meat and vegetables or with chopped fruit, then sealed and deep-fried.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Empanada

Noun

Singular:
empanada
Plural:
empanadas

Origin of Empanada

  • Spanish from past participle of empanar to coat with breadcrumbs en- in (from Latin in- en–1) pan bread panada

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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