manso

See also: Manso

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manso (“tame”).

Adjective

manso

1. meek; tame

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese manso, from Vulgar Latin *mansus, from Latin mansuetus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmansʊ]

Adjective

1. (of animals) tame (mild and well-behaved)

   Antonym: bravo

2. (of plants) grafted; cultured

   Antonym: bravo

3. (of people) meek; gentle

   Antonym: bravo

4. (of nature and natural phenomena) mild; gentle

Derived terms

• mansedume

References

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• “manso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “manso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.so/
• Rhymes: -anso
• Hyphenation: màn‧so

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mānsus, back-formed from Latin mānsuētus.

Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansi, feminine plural manse)

1. (literary, regional) meek, tame
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXVIII, page 416, lines 76–78:

     Quali si stanno ruminando manse ¶ le capre, state rapide e proterve ¶ sovra le cime avante che sien pranse

     Even as in ruminating passive grow the goats, who have been swift and venturesome upon the mountain-tops ere they were fed

   Synonyms: docile, mansueto

Related terms

• mansueto

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin mānsum (“residence”), from Latin mānsus, perfect passive participle of maneō (“I stay, remain”).

Noun

manso m (plural mansi)

1. (historical) an amount of land (usually 12 jugerums) considered cultivable yearly by using two oxen or a single plough

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) mānsō

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mansus, from Latin mansuetus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.su/

• Hyphenation: man‧so
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃su

Adjective

1. (of animals) tame (mild and well-behaved)
2. (of people) meek; submissive (following orders without protest)
3. (of nature and natural phenomena) mild; gentle; tranquil

Synonyms

• (submissive): submisso
• (mild): tranquilo, calmo, brando

Derived terms

• mansamente

Related terms

• amansar

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mansus, from Latin mansuetus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanso/ [ˈmãn.so]

Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)

1. tame, meek; not threatening

   Antonyms: bravo, amenazante, agresivo, peligroso, perrucho

Noun

manso m (plural mansos)

1. bellwether (the leading sheep, goat or res of a flock)

Derived terms

• amansar
• yerba del manso
• yerba mansa

 

Related terms

• mansedumbre

Etymology 2

Possibly an alteration of inmenso.

Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)

1. (colloquial, intensifier, Chile) gigantic, big

Usage notes

Used in exclamatory phrases, precedes the modified noun, sometimes it's itself preceded by an article, but it's not required.

Further reading

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