manteca
See also: Manteca
Aragonese
Etymology
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Noun
manteca f (plural mantecas)
- butter
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “manteca”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈtɛ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛka
- Hyphenation: man‧tè‧ca
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish manteca.
Noun
manteca f (plural manteche)
- pomade, brilliantine
- paste
Synonyms
- brillantina
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
manteca
- inflection of mantecare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- mancate
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Latin mantica or of Iberian/Celtiberian origin. Compare Portuguese manteiga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈteka/ [mãn̪ˈt̪e.ka]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: man‧te‧ca
Noun
manteca f (plural mantecas)
- fat, lard
- (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) butter (soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk)
- Synonym: mantequilla
- 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