Polyglot Dictionary

manteca

/manˈteka/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las mantecas

Meaning

  1. lard

    • Frió el pescado en manteca.

      He fried the fish in lard.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Schmalz

Schmalz is the German word for the same thing — both mean "lard."

Portuguese

banha

banha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lard."

Practice

1 What does manteca mean?

2 Fill the gap: Frió el pescado en ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches manteca?

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