yoltamal
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl yelotamalli (“sweet corn tamale”), from yelotl (“sweet corn”) + tamalli (“something wrapped”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝoltaˈmal/ [ɟ͡ʝol̪.t̪aˈmal]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoltaˈmal/ [ʃol̪.t̪aˈmal]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoltaˈmal/ [ʒol̪.t̪aˈmal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: yol‧ta‧mal
Noun
yoltamal m (plural yoltamales)
- (Nicaragua) a sweet tamale made with sweet corn, and is typically consumed with sour cream.
Further reading
- “yoltamal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014