As nouns the difference between tamale and empanada
is that tamale is mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks while empanada is any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish and Latin American cuisine.
tamale
English
(tamale)
Noun
(
en noun)
Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
Usage notes
The Standard Spanish singular is tamal, and thus some proscribe tamale' as an incorrect back-formation, preferring to use tamal as the English singular; note however that '''' exists in Spanish dialect [which?]. The similarity of '''tamale''' to the ancestral Nahuatl tamalli is not generally cited in support of the English usage of ' tamale .
Synonyms
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Derived terms
* hot tamale
Related terms
* tamalera
Anagrams
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empanada
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish and Latin American cuisine
