sacamantecas
Spanish 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