Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empanadilla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-panadil-la
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small empanada.

Etymology

From Spanish empanadilla, diminutive of empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: empanadilla

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

empanadillas (plural)

Questions

What does empanadilla mean?: A small empanada.
Where does empanadilla come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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