Noun: mancha
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | mancha |
| Plural f | manchas |
Sample Sentences
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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) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:]
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1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90 (one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front)
Nouns inflected like mancha
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested in 1370 (the derived form manchado, since the 13th century). Ultimately from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Doublet of mágoa. See: Latin Nouns '
macula'.
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