Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empadão

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-padao
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese empadão.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: empadão

Inflected Forms

empadãos (plural) empadões (plural)

Questions

What does empadão mean?: A traditional Portuguese dish, made in an oven, consisting of a layer of meat or seafood between layers of starchy ingredients.
Where does empadão come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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