Real Dictionary

empanada in American English
any of various pastry turnovers of Spain and Latin America, filled as with seasoned chopped meat and vegetables or with chopped fruit, then sealed and deep-fried
noun: a turnover or mold of pastry filled with chopped or ground meat, vegetables, fruit, etc., and usually baked or fried

empanada in British English
noun: a Spanish or Latin-American stuffed pastry