arepa
Portuguese, noun/aˈɾe.pɐ/
arepa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “arepa (type of corn bread from the northern Andes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “empada feita de farinha de milho com carne de porco, ovos e manteiga; (muito usada em alguns pontos da…”.
What does arepa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearepa (type of corn bread from the northern Andes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. empada feita de farinha de milho com carne de porco, ovos e manteiga; (muito usada em alguns pontos da Espanha e Venezuela)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arepa
- arepas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arepa?
- Brazil /aˈɾe.pɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈɾe.pɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arepa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arepa in Portuguese?
arepa appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).