mantecado

Spanish

Etymology

From manteca +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manteˈkado/ [mãn̪.t̪eˈka.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: man‧te‧ca‧do

Noun

mantecado m (plural mantecados)

1. a pastry made from lard and almonds and commonly eaten around Christmas time
2. ice cream (Mexico)

   Synonym: helado

Further reading

• “mantecado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• mantecado on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es