empanadilla
English
Etymology
From Spanish empanadilla, diminutive of empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).
Noun
empanadilla (plural empanadillas)
- A small empanada.
Translations
small empanada
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empanaˈdiʝa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /empanaˈdiʎa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /empanaˈdiʃa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /empanaˈdiʒa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧di‧lla
Noun
empanadilla f (plural empanadillas)
Further reading
- “empanadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025