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manteca

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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manteca f (plural mantecas)

  1. butter

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish manteca.

Noun

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manteca f (plural manteche)

  1. pomade, brilliantine
  2. paste
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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manteca

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

Anagrams

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish manteca.

Noun

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manteca f (plural manteche)

  1. cream (including pomade)
  2. milk foam
  3. sheep butter
  4. (figuratively) money

Derived terms

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References

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  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “mantèca”, in Schedario Napoletano
  • Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 127[1]

Spanish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Latin mantica or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, such as Iberian or Celtiberian. Compare Portuguese manteiga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /manˈteka/ [mãn̪ˈt̪e.ka]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Syllabification: man‧te‧ca

Noun

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manteca f (plural mantecas)

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

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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