empanada

noun

em·​pa·​na·​da ˌem-pə-ˈnä-də 

: a turnover with a sweet or savory filling

Examples of empanada in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The menu starts with croquetas or a beef empanada followed by a little gem salad or roasted beets with cheese. —Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026

Live Más Cafes in Southern California, Texas and Las Vegas will also have a new Sweet Empanadas & Cream Chiller made with blended pieces of the chocolate empanada on the menu for a limited time. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026

Quince and manchego empanada at Tzintzuntzan One of the great joys of a vacation at a Mexican resort (besides all of it) is breakfast each morning. —Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026

Just last month, her stepmother offered to pay for her plane ticket so Ellianna could return to Charlotte for her birthday this month with a promise to make a batch of her favorite empanadas. —Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026

Word History

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

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for empanada

• arthropoda
• intifada
• theravada
• armada
• entrada
• espada
• hamada
• jornada
• kannada
• posada
• quebrada
• ramada