manteca

See also: Manteca

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

manteca f (plural mantecas)

1. butter

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “manteca”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

From Spanish manteca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈtɛ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: man‧tè‧ca

Noun

manteca f (plural manteche)

1. pomade, brilliantine
2. paste

Synonyms

• brillantina

Verb

manteca

1. inflection of mantecare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• mancate

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Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin mantica or of Iberian/Celtiberian origin. Compare Portuguese manteiga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈteka/, [mãn̪ˈt̪e.ka]

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Noun

manteca f (plural mantecas)

1. fat, lard
2. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) butter (soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk)

   Synonym: mantequilla

3. shortening

Hyponyms

• manteca vegetal (“vegetable shortening”)

Derived terms

• mantecado
• mantequilla
• sacamantecas

Further reading

• “manteca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.