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la mantecada in English

small sponge cake, muffin noun Latin America

Number 4,689 of the 5,000 most used words in Latin American Spanish.

Example

Desayuné una mantecada con café.

I had a fairy cake with coffee for breakfast.

In Spain

At this place in the list: la magdalena (small sponge cake, fairy cake).

Before: el lavabo · Next: la movida

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