mangar

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English[edit]

Mangar

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

mangar (plural mangars)

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

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

In sense 1, from mango (handle) +‎ -ar.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to put a handle or shaft on (a tool)
  2. (colloquial) to grab, to get
  3. (colloquial) to scarf, to devour
  4. (colloquial) to put, to put on, to slap on
  5. (colloquial) to throw, to chuck
  6. (colloquial) to hang
  7. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to work, to do work
    non a mangou ontehe slacked off yesterday

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly a Romani borrowing, from mangar (to ask, beg) (compare Hindi माँगना (māṅgnā, to ask, request)).

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  • Hyphenation: man‧gar

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to mandanga.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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