empanado
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.paˈna.du/
empanado is spelled E-M-P-A-N-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empanado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “breaded fillet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of empanar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alimento empanado”.
What does empanado mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinebreaded fillet
verb
- 1
past participle of empanar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. coberto de pão
noun: 1. alimento empanado
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 empanado
- empanados plural
- empanada feminine
- empanadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empanado?
- Brazil /ẽ.paˈna.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.paˈna.du/
- Portugal /ẽ.pɐˈna.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empanado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empanado in Portuguese?
empanado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).