Meanings
tetela1
plural tetelas
- A triangular-folded masa pocket, filled with ingredients, eaten in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla, similar to corn tortillas, sope and huarache, but with different fillings.
They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.
2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2023
Tetela2
plural Tetelas
- A member of a Bantu ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Synonyms: Batetela
- The Bantu language of these people.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of a Bantu ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Origin
- Mexican Spanishtetela
- Englishtetela
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tetela.
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Cite this entry
tetela. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetela
“tetela.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetela. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetela,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetela.
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