Meanings
plural sopaipillas
- countableuncountableA small, crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey.
Between bites of sopaipilla, I ask why so many restaurants in Valparaíso are serving American-style food.
2020, Marjorie Agosín, translated by Alison Ridley, “Changes Afoot”, in The Maps of Memory: Return to Butterfly Hill (The Butterfly Hill Series; 2), New York, N.Y.: Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, published September 2021, →ISBN, part 1 (The Esmeralda Returns), page 41Synonyms: sopaipa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small, crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey.
Origin
- Spanishsopaipilla
- Spanishsopaipilla
- Englishsopaipilla
Borrowed from Spanish sopaipilla.
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sopaipilla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sopaipilla
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