mantelete
Spanish, noun/manteˈlete/
mantelete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mantelletta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vestidura con dos aberturas para sacar los brazos, que traen los obispos y prelados encima del roquete, y…”.
What does mantelete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemantelletta
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vestidura con dos aberturas para sacar los brazos, que traen los obispos y prelados encima del roquete, y llega un palmo más abajo de las rodillas. 2. Adorno del escudo de armas, que representa el pedazo de tela o de malla que, bajando desde lo alto del casco, protegía el cuello y parte de la espalda del caballero.
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 mantelete
- manteletes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mantelete?
- /manteˈlete/
- [mãn̪.t̪eˈle.t̪e]
- [mãn̪t̪eˈlet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mantelete in Spanish?
mantelete appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).