mangueta

Spanish

Noun

mangueta f (plural manguetas)

1. fountain syringe (a medical device like a hot water bottle used for vaginal or rectal injections, irrigating wounds, etc.)
2. door jamb (for glass doors, trellis doors, etc.)
3. tiebeam (in a roof)
4. beam, tie (to link or secure an assembly of two or more inclined timbers)
5. device that regulates the speed of wool shears
6. lever, pole (used by two people to carry great weights)
7. U-tube (toilet drain pipe)

Further reading

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