empanada
/ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/noun
empanada is spelled E-M-P-A-N-A-D-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, empanada means “Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of empanada is empanadas.
How many letters and syllables are in empanada?
| Letters | 8: E-M-P-A-N-A-D-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is empanada?
Empanada appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce empanada?
- /ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of empanada
- empanadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does empanada mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Empanada in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense stuffed pastry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | empanada, artal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does empanada come from?
Borrowed from Spanish empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).