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arepa
[ uh-rey-puh; Spanish ah-re-pah ]
noun
- a Columbian or Venezuelan cornmeal cake, sometimes stuffed with savory fillings.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arepa1
First recorded in 1920–25; from Carib arepa, erepa “corn, cornmeal, cornmeal cake”
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Example Sentences
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.
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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.
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When the simple midday meal of corn arepa and black coffee was finished, Josè descended into the quiet town.
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