mantequilla
Spanish
Mantequilla
Etymology
Diminutive, manteca + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /manteˈkiʝa/ [mãn̪.t̪eˈki.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /manteˈkiʎa/ [mãn̪.t̪eˈki.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /manteˈkiʃa/ [mãn̪.t̪eˈki.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /manteˈkiʒa/ [mãn̪.t̪eˈki.ʒa]
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- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: man‧te‧qui‧lla
Noun
mantequilla f (plural mantequillas)
- butter
- Synonym: (River Plate) manteca
Derived terms
- chupe mantequilla de mi culo
- pez mantequilla
Descendants
- → Maranao: mantikiliya
- → Navajo: mandagíiya
- → Tagalog: mantikilya
Further reading
- “mantequilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014