sacamantecas
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[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