manco

Significat (Anglès)

mancar

  1. (intransitive) to limp (to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg)
  2. (rare, transitive) to lame (to cause someone to be lame)
  3. (Brazil, pronominal, slang) to make oneself scarce; to leave
  4. (dated, intransitive, slang) to miss (to fail to attend)
  5. (Brazil, colloquial, pronominal) to notice one's own actions as appropriate or not; to read the room.

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Freqüència

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈmɐ̃.ku/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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

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