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mantequilla

butter

noun mahn-teh-KEE-yah Rare
Food & Drink Ingredients

Usage Note

Mantequilla is the standard term for butter in most of the Spanish-speaking world. In some Southern Cone countries (Argentina, Uruguay) manteca is used for butter instead (elsewhere manteca means 'lard/shortening'), so a recipe can cause confusion across dialects. Pan con mantequilla is simply buttered bread; derretir la mantequilla means 'to melt the butter'.

Examples

"Unta un poco de mantequilla en el pan."

Natural Translation

Spread a little butter on the bread.

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