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Tango’s offers a whopping 52 fillings for its empanadas.—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025 Sunday morning, Rosales and a few other volunteers biked up to a woman selling empanadas in the pouring rain.—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 Even the Nachitoches meat pie — a Cajun version of an empanada, filled with either crawfish or beef — excelled.—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025 Venezuelan restaurants selling empanadas and arepas opened in the same plaza as a Mexican supermarket that offers tacos and enchiladas.—Gisela Salomon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 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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