Etymology

empanadilla

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Today it means: A small empanada. Full definition →

Spanish empanadilla
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromempanadilla
  2. English todayempanadilla

From Spanish empanadilla, diminutive of empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).

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