manteca

manteca f (plural mantecas)

1. butter

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

From Spanish manteca

manteca f (plural manteche)

1. pomade, brilliantine
2. paste

• brillantina

manteca

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

• mancate

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

• IPA^(key): /manˈteka/, [mãn̪ˈt̪eka]

manteca f (plural mantecas)

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

• mantequilla