mancha

See also: Mancha and manchá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mancha (“stain”).

Noun

mancha (uncountable)

1. A high-quality grade of Spanish saffron.

Anagrams

• Canham, Machan, machan

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa/, [ˈmãɲ.t͡ɕa]
• Rhymes: -ant͡ʃa
• Hyphenation: man‧cha

Noun

mancha f (plural manches)

1. stain, blemish

Chavacano

Etymology 1

From Spanish mancha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa/, [ˈmãɲ.t͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: man‧cha

Noun

mancha

1. stain

Etymology 2

From Spanish manchar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈt͡ʃa/, [mãɲˈt͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: man‧chá

Verb

manchá

1. to stain

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa/ [ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Hyphenation: man‧cha

Etymology 1

Attested in 1370 (the derived form manchado, since the 13th century). Ultimately from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Doublet of mágoa.

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; blemish
2. spot
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:

     Et o caualo era todo rrodado de mãchas, hũas tã brãcas cõmo a neue et outras tã negras cõmo azaueches.

     And the horse was all covered with spots, some as white as snow, others black as jet

   • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:

     os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa

     one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front

3. (figurative) flaw
4. (fishing) school (of fishes)

   Synonyms: cardume, manda

Derived terms

• manchado
• manchar

Related terms

• mágoa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mancha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mancha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mãchas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mancha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mancha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mancha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

mancha

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɐ̃ʃɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɐ̃ʃa, (Northern Portugal) -ɐ̃t͡ʃɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧cha
• Homophone: Mancha

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Compare with the borrowed doublets mácula, malha, mágoa, and mangra.

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; mark; blemish; spot (visible impression)

   Synonyms: laivo, mácula, malha, nódoa, pinta

2. a disgrace, discredit in one’s reputation

   Synonyms: descrédito, desgraça, desonra, vergonha

Derived terms

• mancha amarela
• mancha catódica
• mancha iônica
• mancha solar
• mancha vermelha

 

Related terms

• imaculado
• mácula
• maculado
• malha
• manchado
• manchar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

mancha

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃa/ [ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Syllabification: man‧cha

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. spot; stain; blemish

Derived terms

• Gran Mancha Roja (“Great Red Spot [of Jupiter]”)
• mancha mongólica
• quitamanchas
• sacamanchas

 

Related terms

• manchar
• manchoso

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: mancha
• → Bikol Central: mantsa
• → Cebuano: mansa
• → Kapampangan: mansa
• → Tagalog: mantsa

Etymology 2

Verb

mancha

1. inflection of manchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10