empanadilla

English

Etymology

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

Noun

empanadilla (plural empanadillas)

1. A small empanada.

Translations

small empanada

• Galician: empanadilla (gl) f
• Spanish: empanadilla (es) f

Spanish

Etymology

From empanada +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /empanaˈdiʝa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empanaˈdiʝa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /empanaˈdiʎa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empanaˈdiʃa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empanaˈdiʒa/ [ẽm.pa.naˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: em‧pa‧na‧di‧lla

Noun

empanadilla f (plural empanadillas)

1. empanadilla
2. dumpling

Further reading

• “empanadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014