Definitions

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  • noun Caramel lollypop.
  • noun Ice lolly.
  • noun Ice lolly usually made from fresh fruit. These natural paletas may be sold along with commercial sugared ones.

Etymologies

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Spanish paleta, small stick.

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Examples

  • I ate a 4 peso paleta from the paleta man in Matamoros and it gave me the chorro.

    helado vs nieve 2002

  • One of the first things my partner and I have to get upon setting foot en la República Méxicana is a paleta.

    Santa Ines - Tocumbo 2009

  • One of the first things my partner and I have to get upon setting foot en la República Méxicana is a paleta.

    Santa Ines - Tocumbo 2009

  • One of the first things my partner and I have to get upon setting foot en la República Méxicana is a paleta.

    Santa Ines - Tocumbo 2009

  • One of the first things my partner and I have to get upon setting foot en la República Méxicana is a paleta.

    Santa Ines - Tocumbo 2009

  • One of the first things my partner and I have to get upon setting foot en la República Méxicana is a paleta.

    Santa Ines - Tocumbo 2009

  • The paleta (shoulder) is used for chuck steaks and pot roasts.

    Choice Cut Or Mystery Meat? A Guide To Mexican Butcher Shops: Part I - Beef 2008

  • On this side of the hill are pockets of run-down bungalows hosting barbecues complete with loud Spanish rancheras, racks of meat cooking over tinfoil-wrapped grills perched atop blackened hibachi tubs, large beat-up Igloo coolers stocked to the brim with ice-cold beer and paleta ice cream bars, and rows of folding patio chairs where hijos and hijas, abuelitos and abuelitas sit, laugh, drink, and eat from paper plates balanced in their laps.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • On this side of the hill are pockets of run-down bungalows hosting barbecues complete with loud Spanish rancheras, racks of meat cooking over tinfoil-wrapped grills perched atop blackened hibachi tubs, large beat-up Igloo coolers stocked to the brim with ice-cold beer and paleta ice cream bars, and rows of folding patio chairs where hijos and hijas, abuelitos and abuelitas sit, laugh, drink, and eat from paper plates balanced in their laps.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • The paleta (shoulder) is used for chuck steaks and pot roasts.

    Choice Cut Or Mystery Meat? A Guide To Mexican Butcher Shops: Part I - Beef 2008

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