Hi everyone,
Nice word!
In Dutch 'mantel' means 'cape'. It can also mean those surrounding you. It may also be used more figuratively (de mantel der liefde, the cape/surroundings/envelopment of love).
'Mantelzorg' is the care (zorg) someone gets from those people close to him/her i.e. son/daughter/ neighbour or volunteers in the community etc instead of by official agencies or healthcare professionals.
And funnily enough we also use it wrt the chimney similar to Spanish it seems,
de 'schoorsteenmantel'
I believe this word is also used in German.
http://www.vandale.nl/vandale/opzoek...ekwoord=mantel
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