sacamantecas

Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /sakamanˈtekas/ [sa.ka.mãn̪ˈt̪e.kas]
• Rhymes: -ekas
• Syllabification: sa‧ca‧man‧te‧cas

Noun

sacamantecas m (plural sacamantecas)

1. bogeyman

Further reading

• “sacamantecas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28