manso

See also: Manso

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manso (“tame”).

Adjective

manso

1. meek; tame

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mansus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈman.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈman.so]

Adjective

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

1. Alternative form of mans (“tame”)

Noun

manso m (plural mansos)

1. (colloquial) guy, chap, fellow

   Synonym: paio

2. (colloquial) boyfriend

   Synonym: amant

Further reading

• “manso” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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

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

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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/ablative masculine/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

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

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

• “manso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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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 before the noun in exclamatory phrases, sometimes preceded by an article

Further reading

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