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manteo.

a kind of long cloak worn by clergymen

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a kind of long cloak worn by clergymen

    masculine
    Lo mejor y lo peor de Vetusta estaba allí amontonado; las chalequeras, los armeros, la flor y nata del paseo del Boulevard, aquel gran mundo del andrajo, con sus hedores de miseria, se codeaba insolente y vocinglero con la Vetusta elegante del Espolón y de los bailes del Casino: y para colmo del escándalo, según don Pompeyo, so capa de celebrar una fiesta religiosa la juventud dorada del clero vetustense, todos aquellos «licenciados de seminario» como él los llamaba con pésima intención, «¡paseaban también por allí, apretados, prensados, con sus manteos y todo, en aquel embutido de carne lasciva, a obscuras, casi sin aire que respirar, sin más recreo que el poco honesto.
  2. a type of cape used in bullfighting

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French manteau.

noun
  1. blanket toss (throwing someone into the air using a blanket)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Spanish manta Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish manteardeverb. Spanish manteo Deverbal from mantear.

verb
  1. first-person singular present indicative of mantear

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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