manso

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Manso

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural manses)

  1. Alternative form of mans (tame)

Noun[edit]

manso m (plural mansos)

  1. (colloquial) guy, chap, fellow
    Synonym: paio
  2. (colloquial) boyfriend
    Synonym: amant

Further reading[edit]

Chavacano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish manso (tame).

Adjective[edit]

manso

  1. meek; tame

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese manso, from Vulgar Latin *mansus, from Latin mansuetus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)

  1. (of animals) tame (mild and well-behaved)
    Antonym: bravo
  2. (of plants) grafted; cultured
    Antonym: bravo
  3. (of people) meek; gentle
    Antonym: bravo
  4. (of nature and natural phenomena) mild; gentle

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • manso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • manso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • manso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • manso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • manso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.so/
  • Rhymes: -anso
  • Hyphenation: màn‧so

Etymology 1[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *mānsus, back-formed from Latin mānsuētus.

Adjective[edit]

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansi, feminine plural manse)

  1. (literary, regional) meek, tame
    Synonyms: docile, mansueto
    • early-mid 1310smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXVII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Quali si stanno ruminando manse
      le capre, state rapide e proterve
      sovra le cime avante che sien pranse []
      Like the meek ruminating goats, having been swift and haughty upon the mountaintops before being sated []
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mānsum (residence), from Latin mānsus, perfect passive participle of maneō (to stay, remain).

Noun[edit]

manso m (plural mansi)

  1. (historical) an amount of land (usually 12 jugerums) considered cultivable yearly by using two oxen or a single plough

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

mānsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mānsus

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuetus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
  • Hyphenation: man‧so

Adjective[edit]

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)

  1. (of animals) tame (mild and well-behaved)
  2. (of people) meek; submissive (following orders without protest)
  3. (of nature and natural phenomena) mild; gentle; tranquil

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanso/ [ˈmãn.so]
  • Rhymes: -anso
  • Syllabification: man‧so

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuētus.

Adjective[edit]

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)

  1. tame, meek; not threatening
    Antonyms: bravo, amenazante, agresivo, peligroso, perrucho
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

manso m (plural mansos)

The Tea room(+) is discussing this entry at the moment.
Please come along and share your opinions on this and the other topics being discussed there.

  1. bellwether (the leading sheep, goat or res of a flock)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Possibly an alteration of inmenso.

Adjective[edit]

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)

  1. (colloquial, intensifier, Chile, Panama) gigantic, big
Usage notes[edit]
  • Used before the noun in exclamatory phrases, sometimes preceded by an article

Further reading[edit]