mesnada

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mesˈnada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: mes‧na‧da

Noun

mesnada f (plural mesnadas)

  1. retinue; posse
    • 2016 July, “Leonel y las negociaciones secretas”, in El Nacional:
      Cautela ante la ola represora de un pueblo hambriento, que ejecutan mesnadas o colectivos armados y la pretoriana Guardia Nacional Bolivariana, dejando muertos y heridos a la vera y otros centenares de presos en oriente y el resto del país?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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