yoltamal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl yelotamalli (“sweet corn tamale”), from yelotl (“sweet corn”) + tamalli (“something wrapped”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝoltaˈmal/ [ɟ͡ʝol̪.t̪aˈmal]

• 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)

1. (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