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, Paraguay, Philippines) /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

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10