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tamalito

Spanish, noun/tamaˈlito/

tamalito is spelled T-A-M-A-L-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamalito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “duckanoo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of tamal.

What does tamalito mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinediminutive of tamal

  2. 2

    masculineduckanoo

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of tamalito

  • tamalitos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tamalito?

  • /tamaˈlito/
  • [t̪a.maˈli.t̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tamalito in Spanish?

tamalito appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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