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)

(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

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