: a usually grilled cornmeal cake served in Latin American cuisine
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There were ten of us, with several large sacks of nonperishable items—canned fish, soap, bottled water—along with more than six hundred arepas that the villagers had cooked the night before.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026 The arepas and seafood here are spectacular, and the Wednesday date-night special is one of our favorite deals in town.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
21 May 2026 Patrons ducked under available coverage to keep their tacos and arepas dry.—Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026 In the clubhouse, players ate arepas, always a staple of the concession stands here.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for arepa
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, probably from Cumaná (Cariban language of the Venezuela coast) erepa corn, cornmeal cake, or from a cognate Cariban form