mancha

Signification (Anglais)

manchar

  1. (transitive) to spot, stain, mark, to smudge
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to sully, to tarnish, to taint, to soil, to besmirch, to smear (one's name, reputation, honour, spirit, etc.)
  3. (euphemistic) to deflower

Fréquence

C1
Coupé comme
man‧cha
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈmant͡ʃa/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Compare with the borrowed doublet mácula, as well as with mangla.

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