sopaipilla

noun

so·​pai·​pil·​la ˌsō-pī-ˈpē-(y)ə 

-ˈpēl-yə

variants or sopapilla

ˌsō-pə-ˈpē-(y)ə 

-ˈpēl-yə

: a usually puffy piece of deep-fried dough often sweetened with honey

Examples of sopaipilla in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On one visit, I was offered a slice of cheesecake or out-of-place sopaipillas, both of which my waiter confessed were made next door at El Tipico. —Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 31 Oct. 2019

At dessert, the alchemy of fried dough, cinnamon and sugar produced neat little triangles of sopaipillas and long batons of churros filled with caramel cream. —Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2019

Specials like a smoked rib-eye sandwiches and sopaipilla cheesecake traipse out of this kitchen from time to time. —Clare Miers, star-telegram, 7 Feb. 2018

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish sopaipilla, diminutive of Spanish sopaipa fritter soaked in honey, from sopa food soaked in milk, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English sūpan to swallow

First Known Use

circa 1940, in the meaning defined above