sacamantecas
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + mantecas (“fats, lard”) (one story was that the sacamantecas kidnapped children to make an ointment from their fat).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sacamantecas m (plural sacamantecas)
Further reading[edit]
- “sacamantecas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014