manco

See also: mancò and mancó

Asturian

Verb

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

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Catalan

Verb

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative form of mancar

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

manco n (uncountable)

1. shortage

Synonyms

• gebrek
• tekortkoming

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ko/, [ˈmäŋko̞]
• Stress: mànco
• Hyphenation: man‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”).

Adjective

manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural manchi, feminine plural manche)

1. (archaic, literary) faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VIII, page 142-143:

     […] e ciò esser non può, se li 'ntelletti ¶ che muovon queste stelle non son manchi, ¶ e manco il primo, che non li ha perfetti.

     […] this cannot be, if the Intelligences ¶ that keep these stars in motion are not maimed, ¶ and maimed the first that has not made them perfect.

   • 1820, Alessandro Manzoni, Il conte di Carmagnola (Opere varie, Fratelli Rechiedei (1881)), p. 244:

     Ma negli ordini manchi e divisi ¶ mal si regge, già cede una schiera;

Derived terms

• manca

Adverb

manco

1. not even

Synonyms

• neanche

Derived terms

• nemmanco

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancare

Anagrams

• monca

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Ladin

Etymology

comparative degree of puech

Adjective

manco

1. less

l manco

1. (the) least

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Latin

Adjective

mancō

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

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “manco”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre

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Portuguese

Adjective

manco m (feminine singular manca, masculine plural mancos, feminine plural mancas, comparable)

1. lame (unable to walk properly)

Synonyms

• perneta, coxo, capenga

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin mancus (“maimed,” “crippled”).

Adjective

manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural mancos, feminine plural mancas)

1. one-handed, one-armed, maimed
2. defective, faulty

   obra manca, verso manco.

3. (figuratively, nautical) oarless, without oars

Etymology 2

Noun

manco m (plural mancos)

1. (Chile, collquial) horse

Synonyms

• caballo.

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Venetian

Verb

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

Adverb

manco

1. less