Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tamalito

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tamal-i-to
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"They make, freeze, and market Elena’s famous tortillas and tamales, tacos, enchiladas, and tamalitos."
"In the plaza there are people selling many things to eat, such as coffee, tamales, tamalitos, and tacos with cabbage, lettuce, onion and garlic added."
"The perfect corn husk for a tamalito is about 5 inches wide at its midpoint."
"Sometimes the woman would say, “I’m just making tamalitos. Would you stay and have a tamalito?”"
"Beginning at one end, roll the patty or tortilla into a tamalito like a jelly roll and place it in the center of two or three overlapped chaya leaves."

Etymology

From Spanish tamalito.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: tamalito

Inflected Forms

tamalitos (plural)

Questions

What does tamalito mean?: A small tamale
Where does tamalito come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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