mancha

Spanish mancha

mancha (uncountable)

1. A high-quality grade of Spanish saffron.

• Canham, machan

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”).

mancha f (plural manches)

1. stain, blemish

Attested in 1370 (the derived form manchado, since the 13th century). Ultimately from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Doublet of mágoa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa̝/

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; blemish
2. spot
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:

     Et o caualo era todo rrodado de mãchas, hũas tã brãcas cõmo a neue et outras tã negras cõmo azaueches.

     And the horse was all covered with spots, some as white as snow, others black as jet

   • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:

     os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa

     one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front

3. (figuratively) flaw
4. (fishing) school (of fishes)

   Synonyms: cardume, manda

• manchado
• manchar

• mágoa

• “mancha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mancha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mãchas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mancha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mancha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mancha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Confer with the borrowed doublet mácula, as well as with malha, mágoa, mangra.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/
• Homophone: Mancha
• Hyphenation: man‧cha

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; mark; blemish; spot (visible impression)
2. a disgrace, discredit in one’s reputation

• (stain): laivo, mácula, malha, nódoa, pinta
• (disgrace): descrédito, desgraça, desonra, vergonha

mancha

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of manchar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of manchar

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Confer with the borrowed doublet mácula, as well as with mangla.

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. spot; stain; blemish

• manchar
• manchoso

mancha

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of manchar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of manchar.