mancadura

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Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

mancadura f (plural mancadures)

  1. injury

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mancar (to injure) +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mancadura f (plural mancaduras)

  1. injury
    Synonyms: dano, lesión, mancadela, manqueira
    • 1932, Otero Pedrayo, Contos do camiño e da rúa, page 66:
      A moreniña fina, xentil, criada na miseria e na porcallada cun pai zapateiro borrachón, unha nai rifona, vendedora de carqueixas no portal, e un fato de irmáns enlarafuzados, sempre cheos de croques e mancaduras do frío e dos cantazos
      The thin, gentle little brunette, grown up in misery and filth with a drunkard father, shoemaker; a grumpy mother, seller of brushwood at the gates; and a bunch of dirty-faced brothers, always covered with bumps and injuries because of the cold and the pebbles

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