majarete
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From manjarete, diminutive of manjar (“delicacy”).
Noun
majarete m (plural majaretes)
- (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) A type of sweet corn pudding made with milk, sugar, and fresh corn, cornmeal or cornstarch.
- (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) disorder, mess
- (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], 10 December 2024
- “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