Noun: manteca
Gender: f
Hyphenation: man‧te‧ca
| Singular f | manteca |
| Plural f | mantecas |
Sample Sentences
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Coloco la manteca junto con el azúcar batir bastante hasta blanquear la preparación (I add together butter with sugar [and] beat it thoroughly until the mix turns pale.) [2025 September 8 (last accessed), “Pasta Frola”, in Cookpad.com:]
Nouns inflected like manteca
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish manteca, mantega, of uncertain further origin. Possibly from Latin mantica or from Paleo-Hispanic, such as Iberian or Celtiberian. Compare Portuguese manteiga. See: Latin Nouns '
mantica', Portuguese Nouns '
manteiga'.
Verbs referencing "manteca"
Romanian Nouns
brânză, Galician Nouns
manteiga, Catalan Nouns
mantega, Italian Nouns
manteca.
Translations