hallaca

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝaka/ [aˈʝa.ka]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈʝaka/ [aˈʝa.ka]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains to Paraguay, Philippines) /aˈʎaka/ [aˈʎa.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃaka/ [aˈʃa.ka]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒaka/ [aˈʒa.ka]

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ha‧lla‧ca

Noun

hallaca f (plural hallacas)

A hallaca.

1. (Venezuela) Venezuelan Christmas dish made with corn dough, often filled with many ingredients, e.g. beans, meat, chicken, pork, wrapped in banana leaves and then cooked by steaming or in boiling water

   Synonyms: multisápida, tamale

Derived terms

• hallaquero

 

Further reading

• “hallaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28