Category: Food & Drink

๐Ÿซ”tamale

๐Ÿซ” tamale belongs to Food & Drink. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

Meaning

A traditional Mexican dish made of masa or dough, steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.

Aliases

:tamale:

Keywords

foodmexicanpamonhawrappedtamale

What does ๐Ÿซ” tamale mean?

This emoji represents a tamale, a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of starchy dough that is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf. It is often used in conversations about Mexican cuisine, Latin American food, or holiday meals. Depending on context, it can also refer to similar wrapped dishes like Brazilian pamonha.

Often used for

  • Discussing Mexican or Latin American cuisine
  • Sharing what you are eating for a meal
  • Talking about holiday food traditions like Las Posadas
  • Mentioning similar wrapped foods such as pamonha
Tone: It is a straightforward food emoji with no widely recognized figurative or slang meanings, so it is best used literally.

๐Ÿซ” in real messages

  • my abuela made tamales for christmas ๐Ÿซ”
  • craving some real mexican food rn ๐Ÿซ”
  • grabbing a tamale from the food truck ๐Ÿซ”
  • these pamonhas are so good ๐Ÿซ”
  • anybody know a good tamale spot around here? ๐Ÿซ”

How ๐Ÿซ” tamale looks

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tamale emoji in OpenMoji style
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๐Ÿซ” tamale codes for developers

Every format below produces ๐Ÿซ” โ€” click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji๐Ÿซ”
Unicode codepointsU+1FAD4
HTML (decimal)🫔
HTML (hex)🫔
CSS\1FAD4
JavaScript\u{1FAD4}
JSON\uD83E\uDED4
URL encoded%F0%9F%AB%94
Shortcode (GitHub):tamale:

๐Ÿซ” in other languages

Source: Unicode CLDR

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