arepa
noun
are·pa ə-ˈrā-pə 
: a usually grilled cornmeal cake served in Latin American cuisine
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Claim a picnic table on the boardwalk, then order a piping hot Venezuelan arepa, split open and stuffed to the brim with ripe avocado and hunks of Guayanés cheese. 
Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2022 The arepa is stuffed to the brim, engorging like a baseball with its stitching split open, the cheese and braising juice seeping into the fluffy cooked cornmeal. Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022 On the Colombian coast, locals fry an arepa with an egg inside, Osorio said. CNN, 27 Apr. 2022 New to its menu: The traditional Queen arepa, or reina pepiada, chilled chicken salad with creamy avocado. Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022 While the film's themes are based on family and love, its foundations are rooted in Colombian culture, which includes spotlighting the arepa as an essential part of its cuisine. CNN, 27 Apr. 2022 In a play on words, Mata de Gil said the arepa named after Venezuela’s former president Hugo Chávez, who died in 2013, is filled with mortadella — which sounds like muerto, the Spanish word for dead. Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022 Don’t forget to also get an arepa: the chicken curry ones are especially tasty. Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 Now, many unemployed cooks, servers and others have found their footing in pop-up concepts and side hustles, slinging Singaporean curry noodles, arepas or home-baked pies to their communities. Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2020 See More
Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2022 The arepa is stuffed to the brim, engorging like a baseball with its stitching split open, the cheese and braising juice seeping into the fluffy cooked cornmeal. Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022 On the Colombian coast, locals fry an arepa with an egg inside, Osorio said. CNN, 27 Apr. 2022 New to its menu: The traditional Queen arepa, or reina pepiada, chilled chicken salad with creamy avocado. Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022 While the film's themes are based on family and love, its foundations are rooted in Colombian culture, which includes spotlighting the arepa as an essential part of its cuisine. CNN, 27 Apr. 2022 In a play on words, Mata de Gil said the arepa named after Venezuela’s former president Hugo Chávez, who died in 2013, is filled with mortadella — which sounds like muerto, the Spanish word for dead. Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022 Don’t forget to also get an arepa: the chicken curry ones are especially tasty. Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 Now, many unemployed cooks, servers and others have found their footing in pop-up concepts and side hustles, slinging Singaporean curry noodles, arepas or home-baked pies to their communities. Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, probably from Cumaná (Cariban language of the Venezuela coast) erepa corn, cornmeal cake, or from a cognate Cariban form
First Known Use
1810, in the meaning defined above