so·pai·pil·la 
(sō′pī-pēyə) or so·pa·pil·la (-pə-)
(sō′pī-pēyə) or so·pa·pil·la (-pə-)n.
A crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey or syrup.
[American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish sopaipa, fried dough sweetened with honey, from earlier xopaipa, from Mozarabic xupaipa, diminutive of šúppa, súppa, bread soaked in oil, from Old Spanish sopa, food soaked in liquid, of Germanic origin; see seuə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]