manchar

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1370. From Vulgar Latin *manclāre, maclāre, from Latin maculāre, present active infinitive of maculō. Doublet of magoar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [manˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Verb

1. to bruise
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 548:

     et lle veu o corpo trillado et tã mãchado das feridas

     And she saw his body beaten and so bruised with wounds

2. to stain
3. to blemish
4. to besmirch

Derived terms

• manchado (“spotted”)

Related terms

• mancha (“spot”)

Etymology 2

From Old French manche (“handle”). Doublet of mangar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [manˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to haft, to fit a handle to (a tool or weapon);

   Synonym: mangar

   Antonyms: desmanchar, desmangar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mãch”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *manclāre, maclāre, from Latin maculāre, present active infinitive of maculō. Doublet of magoar and macular.

Verb

1. to stain
2. to blemish
3. to besmirch

Related terms

• mancha

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *manclāre, maclāre, from Latin maculāre, present active infinitive of maculō (“to stain”). Doublet of magular and macular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [mãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Verb

manchar (first-person singular present mancho, first-person singular preterite manché, past participle manchado)

1. (transitive) to spot, stain, mark, to smudge

   Synonym: ensuciar

2. (transitive, figuratively) to sully, to tarnish, to taint, to soil, to besmirch, to smear (one's name, reputation, name, honour, spirit, etc.)

   ¡no manches! ― you've got to be kidding me!, get outa here!, get out of town!, no way!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			manchar
gerund			manchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manchado		manchada
		plural		manchados		manchadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mancho	manchastú manchásvos	mancha	manchamos	mancháis	manchan
	imperfect	manchaba	manchabas	manchaba	manchábamos	manchabais	manchaban
	preterite	manché	manchaste	manchó	manchamos	manchasteis	mancharon
	future	mancharé	mancharás	manchará	mancharemos	mancharéis	mancharán
	conditional	mancharía	mancharías	mancharía	mancharíamos	mancharíais	mancharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manche	manchestú manchésvos2	manche	manchemos	manchéis	manchen
	imperfect (ra)	manchara	mancharas	manchara	mancháramos	mancharais	mancharan
	imperfect (se)	manchase	manchases	manchase	manchásemos	manchaseis	manchasen
	future1	manchare	manchares	manchare	mancháremos	manchareis	mancharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manchatú manchávos	manche	manchemos	manchad	manchen
	negative		no manches	no manche	no manchemos	no manchéis	no manchen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of manchar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive manchar
	dative	mancharme	mancharte	mancharle, mancharse	mancharnos	mancharos	mancharles, mancharse
	accusative	mancharme	mancharte	mancharlo, mancharla, mancharse	mancharnos	mancharos	mancharlos, mancharlas, mancharse
with gerund manchando
	dative	manchándome	manchándote	manchándole, manchándose	manchándonos	manchándoos	manchándoles, manchándose
	accusative	manchándome	manchándote	manchándolo, manchándola, manchándose	manchándonos	manchándoos	manchándolos, manchándolas, manchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mancha
	dative	mánchame	mánchate	mánchale	mánchanos	not used	mánchales
	accusative	mánchame	mánchate	mánchalo, mánchala	mánchanos	not used	mánchalos, mánchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative manchá
	dative	manchame	manchate	manchale	manchanos	not used	manchales
	accusative	manchame	manchate	manchalo, manchala	manchanos	not used	manchalos, manchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative manche
	dative	máncheme	not used	mánchele, mánchese	mánchenos	not used	máncheles
	accusative	máncheme	not used	mánchelo, mánchela, mánchese	mánchenos	not used	mánchelos, mánchelas
with first-person plural imperative manchemos
	dative	not used	manchémoste	manchémosle	manchémonos	manchémoos	manchémosles
	accusative	not used	manchémoste	manchémoslo, manchémosla	manchémonos	manchémoos	manchémoslos, manchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manchad
	dative	manchadme	not used	manchadle	manchadnos	manchaos	manchadles
	accusative	manchadme	not used	manchadlo, manchadla	manchadnos	manchaos	manchadlos, manchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative manchen
	dative	mánchenme	not used	mánchenle	mánchennos	not used	mánchenles, mánchense
	accusative	mánchenme	not used	mánchenlo, mánchenla	mánchennos	not used	mánchenlos, mánchenlas, mánchense

Derived terms

• manchadizo
• manchamanteles
• no manches

Related terms

• mancha

Further reading

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