tamale
pronunciation
How to pronounce tamale in British English:
UK [tə'mɑ:lɪ]
How to pronounce tamale in American English:
US [tə'mɑlɪ]
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- Noun:
- corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
Word Origin
- tamale (n.)
- 1856, false singular from tamales (1690s), from American Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamal, tamalli, a food made of Indian corn and meat.
Example
- 1. When I told her no , she ran up and handed me a tamale .
- 2. She 's latino so let 's just call her a hot tamale .
- 3. But I 'm the big tamale , remember ?
- 4. I guess you 'd like to see the big tamale , huh ?
- 5. It also operates domestic flights to such domestic main cities as takordi , kumasi and tamale .