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The same kinds of empanadas had been in the retail area’s walk-in cooler for two days and should’ve been at or under 41 degrees to keep from being a bacteria incubator.—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2025 Best bites: Lighter snacks include empanadas and pandebonos (a cheesy Colombian bread).—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025 There’s a Uruguayan corn empanada stuffed with tangy romesco and molten cheese from the Alt Urgell region of Catalunya; and local Ganxet white beans served with pig’s trotters, adobo and pickled onion from Figueras.—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 My wife loved the Bacalao empanadas with Spanish cod.—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for empanada
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Etymology
American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of empanado, past participle of empanar to bread, from em- (from Latin in-) + pan bread, from Latin panis — more at food
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