: a usually grilled cornmeal cake served in Latin American cuisine
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Match Point Arepas by A.N.: For the second year in a row, fans can enjoy arepas and cheese and pizza tequeños, located in the Court 29 Food Hall.—Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026 Litchfield’s at the Wigwam — Duroc heritage pork belly confit on heirloom masa arepa.—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026 Her husband was arrested in October while selling arepas, and after his release weeks later, the couple decided to stop selling out of fear of immigration enforcement activities.—Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026 Ready to pound questions into arepas, glistening palms.—Hazlitt, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for arepa
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Etymology
American Spanish, probably from Cumaná (Cariban language of the Venezuela coast) erepa corn, cornmeal cake, or from a cognate Cariban form