mancha
Meaning
manchar
- (transitive) to spot, stain, mark, to smudge
- (figuratively, transitive) to sully, to tarnish, to taint, to soil, to besmirch, to smear (one's name, reputation, honour, spirit, etc.)
- (euphemistic) to deflower
Concepts
Synonyms
mancha en la retina
churrete
churrete
patuque
pichaque
Translations
tache
macchia
mancha
taca
Fleck
vlek
leke
κηλίδαFrequency
Hyphenated as
man‧cha
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmant͡ʃa/
Etymology
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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