nacatamal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nacatamalli (“meat tamale”), from nacatl (“flesh, meat”) + tamalli (“something wrapped”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nakataˈmal/ [na.ka.t̪aˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: na‧ca‧ta‧mal

Noun

nacatamal m (plural nacatamales)

1. (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) a tamale filled with pork or chicken, rice, potatoes, herbs, spices, and other ingredients

Related terms

• tamal

 

Further reading

• “nacatamal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014