mantear
Spanish, verb/manteˈaɾ/
mantear is spelled M-A-N-T-E-A-R (7 letters). Mantear is a Spanish verb meaning “to throw up into the air in a blanket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lanzar a alguna persona por los aires, repetidamente, utilizando una manta entre varios individuos”.
What does mantear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throw up into the air in a blanket
- 2
to give (someone) the bumps (throw someone in the air, e.g. for a celebration)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lanzar a alguna persona por los aires, repetidamente, utilizando una manta entre varios individuos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mantear
- manteo first-person present singular
- manteé first-person preterite singular
- manteado participle past
- manteando gerund
- manteada feminine participle past
- manteados masculine participle past
- manteadas feminine participle past
- manteas indicative informal present
- manteás indicative informal present
- mantea indicative present singular
- manteamos first-person indicative plural
- manteáis indicative plural present
- mantean indicative plural present
- manteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- manteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- manteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- manteabais imperfect indicative plural
- manteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mantear?
- /manteˈaɾ/
- [mãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [mãn̪t̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.