empadão

noun

A traditional Portuguese dish, made in an oven, consisting of a layer of meat or seafood between layers of starchy ingredients.

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Meanings

nounempadão (plural empadãos or empadões)

plural empadãos · plural empadões

  1. A traditional Portuguese dish, made in an oven, consisting of a layer of meat or seafood between layers of starchy ingredients.

Origin

  1. Portugueseempadão
  2. Englishempadão

Borrowed from Portuguese empadão.

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Translations

Portuguese empadão
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APA

empadão. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empad%C3%A3o

MLA

“empadão.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empad%C3%A3o. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empadão,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empad%C3%A3o.

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