hallaca

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝaka/ [aˈʝa.ka]

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝaka/ [aˈʝa.ka] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʎaka/ [aˈʎa.ka] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʃaka/ [aˈʃa.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʒaka/ [aˈʒa.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ha‧lla‧ca

Noun

hallaca f (plural hallacas)

A hallaca.

1. (Venezuela) Venezuelan Christmas dish made with corn dough, often filled with many ingredients, e.g. beans, meat, chicken, pork, wrapped in banana leaves and then cooked by steaming or in boiling water

   Synonyms: multisápida, tamale

Derived terms

• hallaquero

Further reading

• “hallaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024