mangar

English

Mangar

Etymology

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Noun

mangar (plural mangars)

  1. (Luciobarbus esocinus), a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unkown.

Verb

mangar (first-person singular present mango, first-person singular preterite manguei, past participle mangado)

  1. (Northeast Brazil, Northern Portugal, colloquial) to make fun of, to laugh at

Spanish

Etymology

Akin to mandanga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈɡaɾ/ [mãŋˈɡaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: man‧gar

Verb

mangar (first-person singular present mango, first-person singular preterite mangué, past participle mangado)

  1. (colloquial) to nick, pinch, swipe, nab (steal)
  2. (colloquial) to scrounge

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Further reading

  • mangar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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