hallaca
Spanish, noun/aˈʝaka/
hallaca is spelled H-A-L-L-A-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hallaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Venezuelan Christmas dish made with corn dough, often filled with many ingredients, e.g. beans, meat, chicken, pork, wrapped in banana…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alimento preparado con masa de maíz que se puede mezclar con una gran cantidad de alimentos, por ejemplo…”.
What does hallaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineVenezuelan 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
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alimento preparado con masa de maíz que se puede mezclar con una gran cantidad de alimentos, por ejemplo: fríjol, especias, carne de res, pollo, cerdo. La mezcla se envuelve en grandes hojas de diversas plantas y se cuece al vapor. 2. Conjunto envuelto hecho sin cuidado. 3. Monedero o billetero bien relleno. 4. Porción de hachís envuelta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hallaca
- hallacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hallaca?
- /aˈʝaka/
- [aˈʝa.ka]
- [aˈʝaka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hallaca in Spanish?
hallaca appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).