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Old Spanish
Etymology
From mancebo (“young man, youth”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
mancebia f (usually uncountable)
- youth
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r:Priegot mucho q̃ te miẽbre del amor. ⁊ de la cõpãnia. que ẏo ⁊ ti ouẏemos en nr̃a mãçebia.- I beg dearly that it remind you of the affection and company that you and I shared in our youth.
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
mancebia f (plural mancebias)
- concubinage
- dissolute life