How to pronounce “empanada”

Hear how “empanada (stuffed pastry)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

empanadaehm-pah-NAH-dah
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Breakdown

Meaningstuffed pastry
Syllablesem · pa · na · da (4)
StressWords ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: NA.
IPA/em.pa.ˈna.da/

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Example sentences

Quiero una empanada de carne.I want a beef empanada.
Las empanadas están calientes.The empanadas are hot.

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