mantero
Spanish, noun/manˈteɾo/
mantero is spelled M-A-N-T-E-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mantero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a person, normally an illegal immigrant, who sells counterfeit goods (like clothes, watches, music CDs, movie and video games DVD) on the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que fabrica o vende mantas”.
What does mantero mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinea person, normally an illegal immigrant, who sells counterfeit goods (like clothes, watches, music CDs, movie and video games DVD) on the streets
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que fabrica o vende mantas. 2. Vendedor ambulante que se instala en las veredas con mantas sobre las que coloca sus objetos.
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 mantero
- manteros plural
- mantera feminine
- manteras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mantero?
- /manˈteɾo/
- [mãn̪ˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [mãn̪ˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mantero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mantero in Spanish?
mantero appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).