"tamal" meaning in Spanish

See tamal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /taˈmal/, [t̪aˈmal] Forms: tamales [feminine, masculine, plural], tamale [alternative, dialectal]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|nci|tamalli}} Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli Head templates: {{es-adj}} tamal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tamales)
  1. (Guatemala, figurative) fat (when referring to people) Tags: Guatemala, feminine, figuratively, masculine Related terms: hallaca, huma, humita
    Sense id: en-tamal-es-adj-8BSvtD9j Categories (other): Guatemalan Spanish, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Body parts, People Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 33 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Body parts: 19 26 25 28 2 0 Disambiguation of People: 53 0 0 0 47 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /taˈmal/, [t̪aˈmal] Forms: tamales [plural], tamale [alternative, dialectal]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|nci|tamalli}} Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} tamal m (plural tamales)
  1. (Central America, Mexico) tamal, tamale Tags: Central-America, Mexico, masculine
    Sense id: en-tamal-es-noun-wDrGQJUZ Categories (other): Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Body parts, Foods Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 33 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Body parts: 19 26 25 28 2 0 Disambiguation of Foods: 23 34 19 22 2 0
  2. (Central America, Mexico) bundle, clumsy package Tags: Central-America, Mexico, masculine
    Sense id: en-tamal-es-noun-phRZBID1 Categories (other): Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Body parts Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 33 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Body parts: 19 26 25 28 2 0
  3. (Central America, Mexico) embroilment, imbroglio Tags: Central-America, Mexico, masculine Synonyms: embrollo, lío
    Sense id: en-tamal-es-noun-CEj~QSBL Categories (other): Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Body parts Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 33 28 1 1 Disambiguation of Body parts: 19 26 25 28 2 0
  4. (El Salvador, Nicaragua) thief Tags: El-Salvador, Nicaragua, masculine
    Sense id: en-tamal-es-noun-jdKa3ZmS Categories (other): Nicaraguan Spanish, Salvadoran Spanish, People Disambiguation of People: 53 0 0 0 47 0
  5. (Honduras, vulgar) vulva Tags: Honduras, masculine, vulgar
    Sense id: en-tamal-es-noun-oC1TjVCY Categories (other): Honduran Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tamal pisque, tamalería, tamalero, tamalito Related terms: nacatamal, nixtamal
Categories (other): Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "es",
      "name": "Crime",
      "orig": "es:Crime",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tamal pisque"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tamalería"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tamalero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tamalito"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tamal",
            "3": "tamale"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tamal, tamale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tamal, tamale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "nci",
        "3": "tamalli"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tamales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamale",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tamal m (plural tamales)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ta‧mal"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ta‧mal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nacatamal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nixtamal"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central American Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mexican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 33 28 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 26 25 28 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "es:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 34 19 22 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "es:Foods",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tamal, tamale"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamal-es-noun-wDrGQJUZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tamal",
          "tamal#English"
        ],
        [
          "tamale",
          "tamale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Central America, Mexico) tamal, tamale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central American Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mexican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 33 28 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 26 25 28 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "es:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bundle, clumsy package"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamal-es-noun-phRZBID1",
      "links": [
        [
          "bundle",
          "bundle"
        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Central America, Mexico) bundle, clumsy package"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central American Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mexican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 33 28 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 26 25 28 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "es:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "embroilment, imbroglio"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamal-es-noun-CEj~QSBL",
      "links": [
        [
          "embroilment",
          "embroilment"
        ],
        [
          "imbroglio",
          "imbroglio"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Central America, Mexico) embroilment, imbroglio"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "embrollo"
        },
        {
          "word": "lío"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nicaraguan Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Salvadoran Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 0 0 0 47 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "es:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thief"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamal-es-noun-jdKa3ZmS",
      "links": [
        [
          "thief",
          "thief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(El Salvador, Nicaragua) thief"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "Nicaragua",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Honduran Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vulva"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamal-es-noun-oC1TjVCY",
      "links": [
        [
          "vulva",
          "vulva"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Honduras, vulgar) vulva"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Honduras",
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈmal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪aˈmal]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "es:tamal"
  ],
  "word": "tamal"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "es",
      "name": "Crime",
      "orig": "es:Crime",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "nci",
        "3": "tamalli"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tamales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamale",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tamal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tamales)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ta‧mal"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ta‧mal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Guatemalan Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 10 26 28 29 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 11 28 26 31 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 33 28 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 26 25 28 2 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "es:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 0 0 0 47 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "es:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fat (when referring to people)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamal-es-adj-8BSvtD9j",
      "links": [
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Guatemala, figurative) fat (when referring to people)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hallaca"
        },
        {
          "word": "huma"
        },
        {
          "word": "humita"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Guatemala",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈmal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪aˈmal]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "es:tamal"
  ],
  "word": "tamal"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/al",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/al/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish epicene adjectives",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl",
    "Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Body parts",
    "es:Crime",
    "es:Foods",
    "es:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tamal pisque"
    },
    {
      "word": "tamalería"
    },
    {
      "word": "tamalero"
    },
    {
      "word": "tamalito"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tamal",
            "3": "tamale"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tamal, tamale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tamal, tamale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "nci",
        "3": "tamalli"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tamales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamale",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tamal m (plural tamales)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ta‧mal"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ta‧mal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "nacatamal"
    },
    {
      "word": "nixtamal"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Central American Spanish",
        "Mexican Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tamal, tamale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tamal",
          "tamal#English"
        ],
        [
          "tamale",
          "tamale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Central America, Mexico) tamal, tamale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Central American Spanish",
        "Mexican Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bundle, clumsy package"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bundle",
          "bundle"
        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Central America, Mexico) bundle, clumsy package"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Central American Spanish",
        "Mexican Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "embroilment, imbroglio"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embroilment",
          "embroilment"
        ],
        [
          "imbroglio",
          "imbroglio"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Central America, Mexico) embroilment, imbroglio"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "embrollo"
        },
        {
          "word": "lío"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Nicaraguan Spanish",
        "Salvadoran Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thief",
          "thief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(El Salvador, Nicaragua) thief"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "Nicaragua",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Honduran Spanish",
        "Spanish vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vulva"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vulva",
          "vulva"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Honduras, vulgar) vulva"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Honduras",
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈmal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪aˈmal]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "es:tamal"
  ],
  "word": "tamal"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/al",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/al/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish epicene adjectives",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl",
    "Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Body parts",
    "es:Crime",
    "es:Foods",
    "es:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "nci",
        "3": "tamalli"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tamalli.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tamales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamale",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tamal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tamales)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ta‧mal"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ta‧mal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hallaca"
    },
    {
      "word": "huma"
    },
    {
      "word": "humita"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Guatemalan Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fat (when referring to people)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Guatemala, figurative) fat (when referring to people)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Guatemala",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈmal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪aˈmal]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "es:tamal"
  ],
  "word": "tamal"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tamal meaning in Spanish (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (99a4ed9 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.