arepa
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
arepa (plural arepas)
- A type of cornbread originating from the northern Andes and resembling a tortilla.
- 2009 January 25, Kris Ensminger, “On the Cheap”, in New York Times[1]:
- The menu darts among Latin American cuisines like arepas, empanadas (a duo) and […] a gigantic Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken.
Usage notes edit
- Often written in italics (arepa) or pronounced as a Spanish word.
Translations edit
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
Compare Trió arepa, erepa, ërepa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arepa (possessed erepary)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 239
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “arepa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 99; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 100
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arepa f (plural arepas)
- arepa (type of corn bread from the northern Andes)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Cumanagoto erepa (“corn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arepa f (plural arepas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “arepa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014