majarete
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom manjarete, diminutive of manjar (“delicacy”).
Noun
editmajarete m (plural majaretes)
- (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) A type of sweet corn pudding made with milk, sugar, and fresh corn, cornmeal or cornstarch.
- (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) disorder, mess
- (Dominican Republic) procedure (official requirement to obtain something)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “majarete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “majarete” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.