manco

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative form of mancar

manco

1. (Mallorca) less

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manco n (uncountable)

1. shortage, deficit

   Synonyms: gebrek, tekortkoming

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ko/, [ˈmäŋko̞]
• Stress: mànco
• Hyphenation: man‧co

From Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural manchi, feminine plural manche)

1. (archaic, literary) faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something

   Synonym: manchevole

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VIII, page 142-143:

     […] e ciò esser non può, se li 'ntelletti ¶ che muovon queste stelle non son manchi, ¶ e manco il primo, che non li ha perfetti.

     […] this cannot be, if the Intelligences ¶ that keep these stars in motion are not maimed, ¶ and maimed the first that has not made them perfect.

   • 1820, Alessandro Manzoni, Il conte di Carmagnola (Opere varie, Fratelli Rechiedei (1881)), p. 244:

     Ma negli ordini manchi e divisi ¶ mal si regge, già cede una schiera;

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. left

   la mano manca ― the left hand

   Synonym: sinistro

• manca (“left hand”)
• mancino (“left-hander”)

• → German: Manko
• → English: mank

manco

1. not even

   Synonym: neanche

• nemmanco

See the etymology of the main entry.

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancare

• monca

comparative degree of puech

manco

1. less

l manco

1. (the) least

mancō

1. dative masculine singular of mancus
2. dative neuter singular of mancus
3. ablative masculine singular of mancus
4. ablative neuter singular of mancus

• manco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From Latin mancus (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

manco m (feminine singular manca, masculine plural mancos, feminine plural mancas, comparable)

1. lame (unable to walk properly)

   Synonyms: perneta, coxo, capenga

manco

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of mancar

From Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural mancos, feminine plural mancas)

1. one-handed, one-armed, maimed
2. defective, faulty

   obra manca ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   verso manco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (video games) chump, useless, butterfingers (a unskilled player, due to his inexperience or lack of skill for the game)
4. (figuratively, nautical) oarless, without oars

• (chump): paquete (Spain)

manco m (plural mancos)

1. (Chile, collquial) horse

   Synonym: caballo

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

manco

1. less