"mancha" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmant͡ʃa/, [ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa] Forms: manchas [plural]
Rhymes: -antʃa Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la-vul|*macla|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin *macla, {{inh+|es|la-vul|*macla}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla, {{inh|es|la|macula||spot; stain}} Latin macula (“spot; stain”), {{doublet|es|mácula|notext=1}} mácula Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} mancha f (plural manchas)
  1. spot; stain Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mancha-es-noun-3Q96egDl
  2. blemish Tags: feminine Synonyms: tacha
    Sense id: en-mancha-es-noun-5X945ADi
  3. patch; spot; area Tags: feminine Synonyms: rincón
    Sense id: en-mancha-es-noun-2g16zE~Y
  4. (Peru, Guatemala) group of friends; gang Tags: Guatemala, Peru, feminine
    Sense id: en-mancha-es-noun-h0g3EdbN Categories (other): Guatemalan Spanish, Peruvian Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Gran Mancha Roja (english: Great Red Spot [of Jupiter]), mancha mongólica, quitamanchas, sacamanchas Related terms: manchar, manchoso, La Mancha (english: most likely unrelated)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈmant͡ʃa/, [ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
Rhymes: -antʃa Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} mancha
  1. inflection of manchar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: manchar
    Sense id: en-mancha-es-verb-wm6wAeaA Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 18 0 0 23 0 0 2 3 14 2 1 1 14 2 0 0 0 1 14 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 0 0 17 0 0 1 4 19 1 1 1 19 1 0 0 0 1 19 1 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 4 75 17
  2. inflection of manchar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: manchar
    Sense id: en-mancha-es-verb-XLaj897s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "english": "Great Red Spot [of Jupiter]",
      "translation": "Great Red Spot [of Jupiter]",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mancha mongólica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quitamanchas"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Central Bikol",
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      "word": "mantsa"
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      "word": "mansa"
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    {
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
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      "word": "mantsa"
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        "id": "",
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      "word": "La Mancha"
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          "stain"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
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          "english": "I went swimming with the gang in Villa Nueva.",
          "text": "Salí a nadar con la mancha en Villa Nueva.",
          "translation": "I went swimming with the gang in Villa Nueva.",
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        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmant͡ʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-antʃa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mancha"
}

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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "man‧cha"
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  "hyphenations": [
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      "parts": [
        "man‧cha"
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        "third-person singular present indicative"
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          "manchar",
          "manchar#Spanish"
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          "manchar#Spanish"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈmant͡ʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-antʃa"
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      "word": "mancha mongólica"
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      "word": "quitamanchas"
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    {
      "word": "sacamanchas"
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "man‧cha"
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      "parts": [
        "man‧cha"
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "manchar"
    },
    {
      "word": "manchoso"
    },
    {
      "english": "most likely unrelated",
      "translation": "most likely unrelated",
      "word": "La Mancha"
    }
  ],
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        "spot; stain"
      ],
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        [
          "stain",
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blemish"
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          "blemish"
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          "word": "tacha"
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          "english": "urban area",
          "text": "mancha urbana",
          "translation": "urban area",
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      "glosses": [
        "patch; spot; area"
      ],
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          "spot",
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          "word": "rincón"
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          "english": "I went swimming with the gang in Villa Nueva.",
          "text": "Salí a nadar con la mancha en Villa Nueva.",
          "translation": "I went swimming with the gang in Villa Nueva.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "group of friends; gang"
      ],
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        "(Peru, Guatemala) group of friends; gang"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmant͡ʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa]"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-antʃa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mancha"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmant͡ʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-antʃa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mancha"
}

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