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em•pa•na•da
(em′pə nä′də; Sp. em′pä nä′ᵺä),USA pronunciation n. [Latin-American Cookery.]
- Fooda turnover or mold of pastry filled with chopped or ground meat, vegetables, fruit, etc., and usually baked or fried.
- American Spanish, equivalent. to em- em-1 + pan bread +-ada, feminine of -ado -ate1
- 1920–25