Tamale Emoji

Alternate styles by Microsoft Fluent Emoji, MIT / CC BY 4.0 licensed.

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What does Tamale 🫔 mean?

Tamale is one of the emojis in the Food & Drink group (Cooked / Prepared). People typically search for it using terms like food, mexican, pamonha, wrapped.

On most keyboards you'll find it grouped with the rest of the Food & Drink emojis under Cooked / Prepared, which makes it easy to browse similar options. It's flexible enough to appear in casual texts, captions, or comments without feeling out of place. It's frequently used near emojis like Bread and Croissant, which cover similar ground.

How to use Tamale 🫔 in a sentence

Ordered tamale for dinner again tonight 🫔
Nothing beats fresh tamale on a day like this 🫔
Added tamale to the grocery list 🫔
Tried making tamale at home for the first time 🫔
This place makes the best tamale in town 🫔🎁

Tamale 🫔 in other languages

French

tamal

Mandarin

墨西哥粽子

German

Tamale

Hindi

टमाले

Japanese

タマル

Korean

타말레

Portuguese

tamale

Spanish

tamal

Russian

тамале

Arabic

تامال

Frequently asked questions

What does the Tamale 🫔 emoji mean?

Tamale is one of the emojis in the Food & Drink group (Cooked / Prepared). People typically search for it using terms like food, mexican, pamonha, wrapped.

How do people use the Tamale 🫔 emoji in texting?

A common way it shows up in messages: "Ordered tamale for dinner again tonight 🫔" It's generally understood the same way across most messaging apps, though tone can shift slightly depending on who's sending it.

Can I download the Tamale 🫔 emoji as an image?

Yes — this page has buttons to download Tamale as an SVG (vector, best for scaling to any size) or a high-resolution PNG. The images come from the Twemoji design set (CC-BY 4.0), so credit is required if you reuse them elsewhere, and the exact art style may look slightly different from how this emoji renders on your own phone or computer.