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/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

A clumsy, bumbling person who messes everything up no matter how hard they try. In Colombia, calling someone manteco means they have two left hands and cannot do anything right, the kind of person who spills coffee on themselves, trips over nothing, and somehow makes every simple task into a disaster.

Examples

Don't be such a klutz, bro, you just spilled all the coffee on yourself.

That butterfingers doesn't even know how to turn on the stove.

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Regional synonyms

In Colombia, to scold someone harshly and thoroughly, ripping into them without softening the message. When someone monta you, they are laying into you loudly and directly, leaving no point untouched.