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noun, masculine

sacamantecas

/sakamanˈtekas/

noun, masculine/sakamanˈtekas/plural: sacamantecas

bogeyman

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).

sacamantecas — Spanish Dictionary | Passage