different between tamale vs tortilla

English

Etymology

Back-formation from the plural tamales, from Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??m?.li/
• Homophone: tomalley

Noun

tamale (plural tamales)

1. 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. The similarity of tamale to the ancestral Nahuatl tamalli is not generally cited in support of the English usage of tamale as its spelling does not match with the Nahuatl spelling and the word originally entered via Spanish in the form of "tamales".

Synonyms

• humita
• tamal

Derived terms

• hot tamale

Related terms

• tamalera

Translations

Anagrams

• malate, meatal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?male/, [t?a?ma.le]

Noun

tamale m (plural tamales)

1. (dialect) tamale

Derived terms

• tamalera
• tamaleada
• tamalito

Related terms

• tamal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t???tij?/, /t???ti.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t???ti.?/, /t???tij?/, [t???t?ij?]
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

tortilla (plural tortillas)

1. (Mexican cuisine) A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour. In Mexican cuisine they are often served with a filling or topping such as frijoles "beans", carne "meat", salsa "sauce", sour cream and cheese; in the latter case they are called quesadillas.
   • 2001, Rafaela Castro, Chicano Folklore, Oxford University Press (?ISBN), page 230:

     From this dough are shaped small round forms, or a tortilla press can be used to more easily flatten many perfectly round, thin cakes. Tortilla machines, found all over Mexico and the Southwest, can produce hundreds of tortillas per hour.

2. (Spanish cuisine) Spanish omelette; an omelette containing potatoes and onions.
   • 2004, The Student Cookbook, Hachette UK (?ISBN)

     An authentic Spanish tortilla is traditionally made with just eggs, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper, but this version contains sliced red and green peppers for a bit of extra colour and flavour.

Translations

Further reading

• tortilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• littoral

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tortil??/, [?t?o?rt?il??]
• Rhymes: -ortil??
• Syllabification: tor?til?la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Noun

tortilla

1. tortilla
2. a tortilla-based dish; a burrito

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

tortilla

1. adessive singular of tortti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.ti.ja/

Verb

tortilla

1. third-person singular past historic of tortiller

Anagrams

• littoral

Galician

Etymology

From Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to??ti?a/

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)

1. Spanish omelette, tortilla
2. omelette
3. (rare) tortilla

Synonyms

• (Spanish omelette) tortilla de patacas, tortilla española
• (omelette) tortilla francesa
• (tortilla) tortilla de fariña de trigo, tortilla de fariña, tortilla de trigo

Related terms

• tortillera
• tortillería

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?r?t?il?a/

Noun

tortilla f

1. tortilla (flat round bread)
2. Spanish omelette

Declension

Further reading

• tortilla in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tortilla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish tortiella, diminutive of torta (“round flatbread”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)

1. (Spain and most Hispanic countries) Spanish omelette, tortilla

   Synonyms: (Spain) tortilla de patatas, (Hispanic America, Canary Islands) tortilla de papas, tortilla española

2. (Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette

   Synonym: tortilla francesa

3. (Mexico and Central America) tortilla

   Synonyms: tortilla de harina de trigo, tortilla de harina, tortilla de trigo

Related terms

• tortillera
• tortillería

Further reading

• “tortilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.