How to Use arepa in a Sentence

arepa

noun
  • The arepa de choclo was soft, slightly sweet, and slightly nutty.
    — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • And that's what produces arepas, for instance, a different type of corn cake.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2024
  • While heating the oil, take the masa arepa dough and divide a 1/4 section in half.
    — Nina Lincoff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Stash a bag of arepa flour in your pantry and a satisfying dinner is never far away.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 15 Oct. 2019
  • And then there's the a la carte breakfast entrees, which range from arepas to acai bowls and yogurt parfaits.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2023
  • For Irena Stein, an arepa represents much more than just a meal.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
  • True, arepas, which can be fried, baked or griddle cooked, are thick corn cakes open to a variety of fillings.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2017
  • If milk’s not problem for you or anyone who might be eating the arepas, carry on as normal.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
  • El Rey de las Arepa will offer chicken or beef arepas with cheese and garlic sauce.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Food there includes papa rellena, empanadas, queso arepas and flan.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Chicken and avocado arepas and pork and cheese arepas from Senor Arepa.
    — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2024
  • For many of them, the morning arepa — a traditional corn meal pastry, stuffed with meat — is their only meal of the day.
    — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • On the Colombian coast, locals fry an arepa with an egg inside, Osorio said.
    — CNN, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The latter is a traditional burger with red onion, a cilantro jalepeno lime aioli and chicarrones inside a cheese arepa.
    — Jordan McPherson, miamiherald, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Elsewhere on the sizzle-and-flip spectrum, there’s the highly adaptable Venezuelan arepa.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The vast majority of Venezuelans in this city — where arepa joints fill strip malls — will not be able to participate in the election.
    — Christine Armario, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • Guests are most likely to order the arepa llanera and chicha drink, although de Grazia’s favorite is the plantains with lomo saltado.
    — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 10 June 2018
  • Farfan and Salas will sell traditional Venezuelan arepas and empanadas.
    — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
  • From arepas to spicy prawns, one thing's for sure, the range of cuisine that's available can please every palate in Katy's multicultural melting pot.
    — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 23 Apr. 2023
  • By then, Lozada’s parents had escaped to Bogotá, where his father worked as a pushcart peddler and his mother sold arepas.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2017
  • With the vote looming on Sunday, Diego and Sofia took me out for arepas at their favorite neighborhood spot on Thursday night.
    — Christian Borys, Longreads, 28 Sep. 2017
  • There were ten of us, with several large sacks of nonperishable items—canned fish, soap, bottled water—along with more than six hundred arepas that the villagers had cooked the night before.
    — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • 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
  • Claudio was outside the stadium after Saturday’s game, where a salsa band performed on a concert stage, beer still flowed and a Venezuelan food truck sold arepas, cornmeal cakes.
    — James Wagner Saul Martinez, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The market hall offers a wide variety of options including ramen, sushi, BBQ, Venezuelan arepas, tacos and frozen custard.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Since Mi Parrillita opened, the food — recipes from Chavéz’s mother like an arepa with chicken or sauteed steak with onions, cilantro and tomatoes with a sauce that soaks into rice and french fries— have garnered rave reviews.
    — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • In the Punda area of Willemstad, the bistro is popular for people-watching from the tables on the sidewalk and a Venezuelan/Colombian sandwich called an arepa, a cornmeal patty stuffed with cheese, fish or meat.
    — Melanie Reffes, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2019

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