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English to Spanish Dictionary

butter Meaning in Spanish (butter significado en español)

nounmantequilla
verbuntar con mantequilla
Sinónimos:mantecagrasa
mantequilla in English:butter
Phonetic:man-te-ki-ya
Plural: butters
Gender:Femenino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de butter en español es mantequilla, untar con mantequilla. (Sustancia grasa comestible de color amarillo pálido que se obtiene al batir la nata y se utiliza como untar o en la cocina.)

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Definitions of Butter

  1. 1
    noun
    mantequilla

    Butter is a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking.

    Sustancia grasa comestible de color amarillo pálido que se obtiene al batir la nata y se utiliza como untar o en la cocina.

  2. 2
    verb
    untar con mantequilla

    To butter means to spread butter on something, typically bread or toast.

    Extender mantequilla sobre algo, típicamente pan o tostada.

Example Sentences

casual

“She spread butter on her toast every morning.”

Ella se untaba mantequilla en la tostada cada mañana.

casual

“Please butter the corn on the cob for me.”

Por favor, úntale mantequilla a mi mazorca de maíz.

formal

“The recipe calls for unsalted butter.”

La receta pide mantequilla sin sal.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

mantecagrasa

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

aceite

Inflected Word Forms

past tensebuttered
present participlebuttering
adjectivebuttery

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

butter someone upidiom

To flatter someone excessively, usually to gain a favor.

bread and butteridiom

A person's main source of income or livelihood.

butterfingersidiom

A clumsy person who often drops things.