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arepa
[ uh-rey-puh; Spanish ah-re-pah ]
/ əˈreɪ pə; Spanish ɑˈrɛ pɑ /
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noun
a corn pancake, sometimes sweetened, used in Colombian and Venezuelan cookery.
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Origin of arepa
First recorded in 1920–25, arepa is from the Carib word arepa, erepa “corn, cornmeal, cornmeal cake”
Words nearby arepa
areola umbilicus, areole, areology, Areopagite, Areopagus, arepa, Arequipa, Ares, arete, arethusa, Aretino
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How to use arepa in a sentence
Iribarren didn’t want it to go to waste, so she decided to use the pepper to create a version of the traditional green guasacaca sauce that’s typically served alongside arepas in Venezuelan restaurants.
Eventually I began to feel a little guilty that I might not have any left to eat with an arepa, and wondered if anyone had watched me greedily drain the bottle.
When the simple midday meal of corn arepa and black coffee was finished, Josè descended into the quiet town.
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