# empanada
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/
* Rhymes: -ɑːdə

### Noun

empanada (plural empanadas)
* Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.

#### Related terms

* empanadilla

#### Translations
### Further reading

* empanada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enpãada, enpanada (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from *empãar (“to put into bread”). Perhaps under the influence of empanar (“to conceal”, literally “to put into a cloth”). Cognate with Portuguese empada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /empaˈnaða̝/

### Noun

empanada f (plural empanadas)
* (cooking) pie; traditional stuffed pastry usually composed of two crusts of fine bread and a filling of sauté of vegetables and either meat or fish

#### Related terms

* petada
* empanadilla
* empanar

### Participle

empanada f sg
* feminine singular of empanado

### See also

* empanada on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{gl}$

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “empanada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “empaada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empanada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empanada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empanada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Participle

empanada f sg
* feminine singular of empanado

## Spanish
### Etymology

From empanar (“to bread”) +‎ -ada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /empaˈnada/ [ẽm.paˈna.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧da

### Noun

empanada f (plural empanadas)
* empanada
* (colloquial) fraud
    Synonym: fraude
* (humorous, colloquial) vagina
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

#### Derived terms

* empanada arreglada
* empanadilla

#### Descendants

* → Belizean Creole: panaades (from the plural form)
* → English: empanada

### Adjective

empanada f sg
* feminine singular of empanado

### Participle

empanada f sg
* feminine singular of empanado

### Further reading

* “empanado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* impanada
* panada

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empanada. Compare Manado Malay panada. Doublet of panara.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔempaˈnada/ [ʔɛm.pɐˈn̪aː.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧da

### Noun

empanada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜈᜇ)
* empanada (especially Philippine varieties)

### Further reading

* “empanada”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “empanada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018