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: ILG
• 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, 2012–2024
• 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!

• “manchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28