manchar

Attested since 1370. Inherited from Latin maculāre, with an irregular nasal infix, (compare Galician sobrencella) Doublet of magoar.

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manchar (first-person singular present mancho, first-person singular preterite manchei, past participle manchado)

1. to bruise
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 548:

     et lle veu o corpo trillado et tã mãchado das feridas

     And she saw his body beaten and so bruised with wounds

2. to stain
3. to blemish
4. to besmirch

• manchado (“spotted”)

• mancha (“spot”)

From Old French manche (“handle”). Doublet of mangar.

• IPA^(key):

manchar (first-person singular present mancho, first-person singular preterite manchei, past participle manchado)

1. (transitive) to haft, to fit a handle to (a tool or weapon);

   Synonym: mangar

   Antonyms: desmanchar, desmangar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mãch”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “manchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “manchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vulgar Latin *manclāre, *maclāre, from Latin maculāre. Doublet of magoar and macular.

• Hyphenation: man‧char

manchar (first-person singular present mancho, first-person singular preterite manchei, past participle manchado)

1. to stain
2. to blemish
3. to besmirch

• mancha

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manclāre, maclāre, from Latin maculāre (“to stain”). Doublet of magular and macular.

• IPA^(key): /manˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧char

manchar (first-person singular present mancho, first-person singular preterite manché, past participle manchado)

1. (transitive) to spot, stain, mark, to smudge

   Synonym: ensuciar

2. (transitive, figuratively) to sully, to tarnish, to taint, to soil, to besmirch, to smear (one's name, reputation, honour, spirit, etc.)

   ¡no manches! ― you've got to be kidding me!, get outa here!, get out of town!, no way!

3. (euphemistic) to deflower
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 230:

     El Sol se enamoró de la Luna y «la manchó», y en seguida huyó de ella dejándola encinta. Desde entonces la Luna, rodeada de sus hijas, las Estrellas, va incesantemente tras el Sol, para exigirle el cumplimiento de su promesa de matrimonio, pero aunque a veces logra divisarlo, nunca lo puede alcanzar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “manchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10