mengua

See also: menguá

Asturian

Noun

mengua f (plural mengües)

1. loss; decrease

Derived terms

• tener a mengua

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenɡwa/ [ˈmẽŋ.ɡwa]
• Rhymes: -enɡwa
• Syllabification: men‧gua

Etymology 1

Deverbal from menguar.

Noun

mengua f (plural menguas)

1. loss, decrease
2. poverty
3. weak character

Etymology 2

Verb

mengua

1. inflection of menguar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mengua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014