mancha

See also: Mancha and manchá

English

Etymology

Spanish mancha

Noun

mancha (uncountable)

1. A high-quality grade of Spanish saffron.

Anagrams

• Canham, machan

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”).

Noun

mancha f (plural manches)

1. stain, blemish

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Galician

Etymology

Attested in 1370 (the derived form manchado, since the 13th century). Ultimately from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Doublet of mágoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa̝/

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; blemish
2. spot
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:

     Et o caualo era todo rrodado de mãchas, hũas tã brãcas cõmo a neue et outras tã negras cõmo azaueches.

     And the horse was all covered with spots, some as white as snow, others black as jet

   • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:

     os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa

     one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front

3. (figurative) flaw
4. (fishing) school (of fishes)

   Synonyms: cardume, manda

Derived terms

• manchado
• manchar

Related terms

• mágoa

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mancha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mãchas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mancha”, 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 *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Confer with the borrowed doublet mácula, as well as with malha, mágoa, mangra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/
• Homophone: Mancha
• Hyphenation: man‧cha

Noun

mancha f (plural s)

1. stain; mark; blemish; spot (visible impression)
2. a disgrace, discredit in one’s reputation

Synonyms

• (stain): laivo, mácula, malha, nódoa, pinta
• (disgrace): descrédito, desgraça, desonra, vergonha

Derived terms

• mancha amarela
• mancha catódica
• mancha iônica
• mancha solar
• mancha vermelha

 

Related terms

• imaculado
• mácula
• maculado
• malha
• manchado
• manchar

 

Verb

mancha

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Confer with the borrowed doublet mácula, as well as with mangla.

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. spot; stain; blemish

Derived terms

• Gran Mancha Roja (“Great Red Spot [of Jupiter]”)
• quitamanchas
• sacamanchas

Related terms

• manchar
• manchoso

Verb

mancha

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of manchar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of manchar.