tamale
Spanish, noun/taˈmale/
tamale is spelled T-A-M-A-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 163,697th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamale is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tamale (Mexican dish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tamale mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetamale (Mexican dish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tamale
- tamales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamale?
- /taˈmale/
- [t̪aˈma.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tamale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tamale in Spanish?
tamale appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).