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Empanada de calabaza

"pumpkin turnover"

Say it

em·pah·NAH·dah deh kah·lah·BAH·sah

Built from

Spanish empanadasomething wrapped in bread+deof+calabazapumpkin, squash

What Empanada de calabaza means

Empanada de calabaza is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "pumpkin turnover". It is built from Spanish empanada (something wrapped in bread) and de (of) and calabaza (pumpkin, squash). It is pronounced em-pah-NAH-dah deh kah-lah-BAH-sah, and it is most associated with the whole country.

Empanar literally means 'to coat in bread', so an empanada is a filling put inside dough. Calabaza also gives the Mexican brush-off dar calabazas, to turn a suitor down.

This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Mexican pan dulce is named by shape, and the names are pure visual poetry: concha (shell), oreja (ear), cuernito (little horn), ojo de buey (ox eye), corbata (necktie), puerquito (little pig), bigote (moustache).

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Empanada de calabaza means pumpkin turnover

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