empanarse

to be sluggish

empanarse(ehm-pah-nahr-seh)

pronominal verb

1.

(colloquial)

(to be groggy)

(Spain)

a. to be sluggish

(colloquial)

Me empano, porque acabo de comer un enorme almuerzo.

I'm sluggish, because I just had a huge lunch.

empanar

transitive verb

2. (culinary)

a. to bread

¿Empanamos los filetes de pescado o prefieres rebozarlos?

Shall we bread the fish fillets or would you rather coat them in batter?

b. to coat in breadcrumbs (with small pieces of bread)

Me encanta empanar los filetes de pollo y freírlos, aunque así son menos sanos.

I love to coat chicken fillets in breadcrumbs and frying them, although they are less healthy that way.

c. to cover in pastry (with dough)

Tras picar los ingredientes, los empanas y metes el pastel al horno.

After chopping the ingredients, cover them in pastry and put the pie in the oven.

empanar

transitive verb

1. (culinary)

a. to coat in breadcrumbs

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empanar

transitive verb

(Culin) (con masa) to cover in a pastry case; (con pan rallado) to cook or roll in breadcrumbs or pastry;