manco

See also: mancò and mancó

Asturian

Verb

manco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

Catalan

Verb

manco

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of mancar

Adverb

manco

  1. (Mallorca) less

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

manco n (uncountable)

  1. shortage
    Synonyms: gebrek, tekortkoming

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.ko/, [ˈmäŋko̞]
  • Stress: mànco
  • Hyphenation: man‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”).

Adjective

manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural manchi, feminine plural manche)

  1. (archaic, literary) faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something
    Synonym: manchevole
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VIII, page 142-143:
      […] e ciò esser non può, se li 'ntelletti ¶ che muovon queste stelle non son manchi, ¶ e manco il primo, che non li ha perfetti.
      […] this cannot be, if the Intelligences ¶ that keep these stars in motion are not maimed, ¶ and maimed the first that has not made them perfect.
    • 1820, Alessandro Manzoni, Il conte di Carmagnola (Opere varie, Fratelli Rechiedei (1881)), p. 244:
      Ma negli ordini manchi e divisi ¶ mal si regge, già cede una schiera;
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. left
    la mano manca ― the left hand
    Synonym: sinistro
Derived terms

Descendants

Adverb

manco

  1. not even
    Synonym: neanche
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

manco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mancare

Anagrams

Ladin

Etymology

comparative degree of puech

Adjective

manco

  1. less

l manco

  1. (the) least

Latin

Adjective

mancō

  1. dative masculine singular of mancus
  2. dative neuter singular of mancus
  3. ablative masculine singular of mancus
  4. ablative neuter singular of mancus

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mancus (“maimed”).

Adjective

manco m (feminine singular manca, masculine plural mancos, feminine plural mancas, comparable)

  1. lame (unable to walk properly)
    Synonyms: perneta, coxo, capenga

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled”).

Adjective

manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural mancos, feminine plural mancas)

  1. one-handed, one-armed, maimed
  2. defective, faulty
    obra manca ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    verso manco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (figuratively, nautical) oarless, without oars

Etymology 2

Noun

manco m (plural mancos)

  1. (Chile, collquial) horse
    Synonym: caballo

Venetian

Verb

manco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

Adverb

manco

  1. less
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