mancebo

From Vulgar Latin *mancipus (“slave”), from Latin mancipum (“purchase property”), also "a bought slave".

mancebo m (plural mancebos, feminine manceba, feminine plural mancebas)

1. boy (young male)
2. (Brazil) coat stand, coat rack

• garoto, menino, moço, rapaz

From Vulgar Latin *mancipus (“slave”), from Latin mancipum (“purchase property”), also "a bought slave".

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /manˈθebo/, [mãn̟ˈθeβo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /manˈsebo/, [mãnˈseβo]

mancebo (feminine singular manceba, masculine plural mancebos, feminine plural mancebas)

1. (rare) juvenile

mancebo m (plural mancebos, feminine manceba, feminine plural mancebas)

1. (archaic) youth
2. (archaic) young servant, waiter
3. (rare) bachelor

• amancebarse
• mancebía

• “mancebo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.