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How do you say tamale in spanish?

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How do you say tamale in spanish?

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Tamal (without the e)

... but I guess it also depends where you are because a Mexican tamal is not the same as a Nicaraguan tamal or a Costa Rican tamal. So the pronounciation may be different from country to country - although I have never heard tamale, just tamal.

Also taste and preparation are different. A Cuban tamal is wrapped in corn leaves, the Costa Rican tamal in banana leaves. In Cuba they first make a pocket with the leaf and then fill it up. In Costa Rica the ingredients are put on the leaf and then wrapped.
The Cuban tamal is only made with corn flour, which has been cooked with meat. The Costa Rican tamal is also made with corn flour, but the meat and other ingredients are put on top of the mass (meat, carrot, rice, just whatever you want).

So TAMAL - not tamale, but anyway you say it, you will surely enjoy it.

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it is "tamale". really.
Its already in Spanish................
Uh? "TAMALE"
It's pronounced like "tuh-maul-lay", with a short accent on the last syllable. The word is a Spanish word, with no English equivalent.
The pronunciation for this word in Spanish is tamal with an accent in the last syllable and without the e. TA as in taco MAL as in mall. One of my favorites.But don't worry if you don't pronounce it correctly, they ll understand. Just enjoy it. Try putting some lemon on it.Good luck
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