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empanada.

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

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Meaning & usage

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

Where this word comes from

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

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