majarete

Spanish

Alternative forms

• manjarete (Venezuela)

Etymology

From manjarete, diminutive of manjar (“delicacy”).

Noun

majarete m (plural majaretes)

1. (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) A type of sweet corn pudding made with milk, sugar, and fresh corn, cornmeal or cornstarch.
2. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) disorder, mess

   Synonyms: desorden, confusión

3. (Dominican Republic) procedure (official requirement to obtain something)

Derived terms

• majaretear

Further reading

• “majarete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “majarete”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010