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Particular Phoenix locations are trying out bite-sized empanadas full of beef and three-cheese blend sold with Mexican Pizza sauce on the side.—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025 Tango’s offers a whopping 52 fillings for its empanadas.—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025 Where more publicized salons in Manhattan would charge $225 and up for a full set with nail art, my nails would top off at $50 plus tip, as well as the bonus of being fed empanadas during birthday celebrations for neighbors, regular customers, workers, and the workers’ children.—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 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 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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