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manteca.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
manteca.
Principal English Translation: 

lard
(a loanword from Spanish)

Orthographic Variants: 
matega
Attestations from sources in English: 

We see "matega" attested in the list of items needed at the time of a visit from the bishop to Texupa in 1562.
Códice Sierra, online version published by the La Fragua museum and the BUAP, http://www.lafragua.buap.mx:8180/xm-dist/show_base_B.jsp, page 54.

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