arepa
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish arepa.
=== Noun ===
arepa (plural arepas)
A type of cornbread originating from the northern Andes and resembling a tortilla.
==== Usage notes ====
Often written in italics (arepa) or pronounced as a Spanish word.
==== Translations ====
=== 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)
cassava, cassava bread
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 ===
=== Noun ===
arepa f (plural arepas)
arepa (type of corn bread from the northern Andes)
=== Further reading ===
“arepa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“arepa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Cumanagoto erepa (“corn”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈɾepa/ [aˈɾe.pa]
Rhymes: -epa
Syllabification: a‧re‧pa
=== Noun ===
arepa f (plural arepas)
a pancake made out of cornmeal and often filled with meat
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“arepa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025