Portuguese

Proper noun

Mancha f

1. Short for Canal da Mancha.
2. Manche (a department of Normandy, France)

Asturian

Noun

mancha f ‎(plural manches)

1. stain, blemish

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʃɐ/
• Homophone: Mancha
• Hyphenation: man‧cha

Noun

mancha f (plural manchas)

1. stain; mark; blemish; spot (visible impression)
2. a disgrace, discredit in one’s reputation

Synonyms

• (stain): laivo, mácula, malha, nódoa, pinta
• (disgrace): descrédito, desgraça, desonra, vergonha

Derived terms

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

Related terms

Verb

mancha

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of manchar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of manchar

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

mancha f ‎(plural manchas)

1. spot; stain; blemish

Related terms

• manchar
• manchoso

Verb

mancha

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of manchar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of manchar.