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Their Irving restaurant specializes in Dominican food, including empanadas and stews.—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025 In addition, right across the street is a charming traditional Mexican restaurant, Burrito Poblano (85 Main Street; 914-337-7900), now 25 years in business, offers sumptuous meals made from first-rate ingredients in dishes like flautas, enchiladas, empanadas and a terrifically rich queso fundido.—John Mariani, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 Empanada's Box opening second location, to give away free empanadas.
– New here?—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024 For a more informal taste of Patagonia, stop by the local bakery, Patagonia Black Lamb, for crab and cheese empanadas.—AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for empanada
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American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of empanado, past participle of empanar to bread, from em- (from Latin in-) + pan bread, from Latin panis — more at food
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