arepa

English

A Venezuelan arepa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arepa.

Noun

arepa (plural arepas)

1. 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

• Often written in italics (arepa) or pronounced as a Spanish word.

Translations

type of corn bread from the northern Andes

• Esperanto: arepo
• Portuguese: arepa (pt) f

Further reading

• arepa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ARPA-E

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió arepa, erepa, ërepa.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢eːpa]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢eʔpa]

Noun

arepa (possessed erepary)

1. cassava, cassava bread
2. food in general

References

• 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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾe.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾe.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾe.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾe.pɐ/

Noun

arepa f (plural arepas)

1. arepa (type of corn bread from the northern Andes)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Cumanagoto erepa (“corn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾepa/ [aˈɾe.pa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -epa
• Syllabification: a‧re‧pa

Noun

arepa f (plural arepas)

1. a pancake made out of cornmeal and often filled with meat

Derived terms

• arepa de choclo
• arepita

 

Further reading

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