mancebia

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mancebo (young man, youth) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Noun

mancebia f (usually uncountable)

  1. 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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Descendants

  • Spanish: mancebía

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: man‧ce‧bi‧a

Noun

mancebia f (plural mancebias)

  1. concubinage
  2. dissolute life