Example sentences for: tamales

How can you use “tamales” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • My explanation is that English-speakers borrowed Spanish plural tamales (whose singular is tamal ), from which they back-formed a new singular, tamale (i.e.

  • Instead, the centerpiece of the downtown promenade is La Cancha, a basketball court, that serves as the gathering place for bands that play on Sunday evenings, and vendors who offer tamales and elotes (corn) for sale, along with sweet homemade popsicles flavored with chocolate, cinnamon, or vanilla.

  • Thus, by analogy, many Americans make tamale , instead of the correct tamal , the singular of tamales ...

  • They may be Texican in that form, but in the original Mexican they had to be chile and tamal ( chilis and tamales in the plural, of course.)

  • I wandered for two hours, sampling a ceviche-like fish salad, spiked with lime, cilantro, and hot sauce; tamales coated in a green mole sauce that tasted differently with every second it lingered on my tongue; and for dessert, golden empanadas filled with creamy rice pudding.


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