manco

See also: mancò and mancó

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

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Catalan

Verb

manco

Adverb

manco

1. (Mallorca) less

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

manco n (uncountable)

1. shortage, deficit

   Synonyms: gebrek, tekortkoming

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

Adjective

1. (archaic, literary) faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something

   Synonym: manchevole

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VIII, pages 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;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. left

   la mano manca ― the left hand

   Synonym: sinistro

Derived terms

• manca (“left hand”)
• mancino (“left-hander”)

Descendants

• → German: Manko
• → English: mank

Adverb

manco

1. not even

   Synonym: neanche

Derived terms

• nemmanco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

(deprecated template usage) mancō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mancus

References

• manco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mancus (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

Adjective

1. lame (unable to walk properly)

   Synonyms: perneta, coxo, capenga

Verb

manco

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

Adjective

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

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

   obra manca ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   verso manco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (video games) chump, useless, butterfingers (a unskilled player, due to his inexperience or lack of skill for the game)
4. (figuratively, nautical) oarless, without oars

Synonyms

• (chump): paquete (Spain)

Etymology 2

Noun

manco m (plural mancos)

1. (Chile, collquial) horse

   Synonym: caballo

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Venetian

Verb

manco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

Adverb

manco

1. less