Meaning & use
Empanadas
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Baked or fried pastries, popular in Spanish and Latin American cuisine, filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, or other ingredients and folded into a turnover shape.
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Her grandmother taught her to fold empanadas by pinching the edges into a neat braid.
The food truck sold beef empanadas alongside spicy salsa.
A note on using this word
Empanada comes from the Spanish verb empanar, 'to wrap in bread,' and variations of the dish appear across Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines.
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turnoverspasties
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