Is there a name for empanadas in japanese?


I doubt there is one, but is there a name for empanadas in Japanese? If there
isnt, how should I call them in japanese, should I adapt the name to katakana
(since it's a foreign word) or what?

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/th5EE.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/th5EE.jpg)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qhA84.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qhA84.jpg)




There is the katakanized word 「エンパナーダ」, but it is not common at all as a word.
(I myself had never seen that word until today.)

So, in order to explain what empanadas are to Japanese-speakers, you could
either use 「エンパナーダ」 and tell them what they are like. It would help greatly if
you used the term 「惣菜{そうざい}パン」 in your explanation since that is a word
everyone knows and it covers all types of bread/pastry with stuffing inside.

If you said 「揚{あ}げた惣菜パンのようなものです。」 ("It's like a deep-fried 惣菜パン".), every
Japanese-speaker would get the picture because 惣菜パン itself is **_far more_**
popular in Japan than in North America at least.




There is the katakanized word 「エンパナーダ」, but it is not common at all as a word.
(I myself had never seen that word until today.)

So, in order to explain what empanadas are to Japanese-speakers, you could
either use 「エンパナーダ」 and tell them what they are like. It would help greatly if
you used the term 「惣菜{そうざい}パン」 in your explanation since that is a word
everyone knows and it covers all types of bread/pastry with stuffing inside.

If you said 「揚{あ}げた惣菜パンのようなものです。」 ("It's like a deep-fried 惣菜パン".), every
Japanese-speaker would get the picture because 惣菜パン itself is **_far more_**
popular in Japan than in North America at least.

