manco
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈman.ko/, [ˈmäŋko̞]
- Stress: mànco
- Hyphenation: man‧co
Etymology 1
From Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).
Adjective
manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural manchi, feminine plural manche)
- (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)
- left
- la mano manca ― the left hand
- Synonym: sinistro
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Latin
Adjective
mancō
References
- manco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin mancus (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).
Adjective
manco (feminine singular manca, masculine plural mancos, feminine plural mancas)
- one-handed, one-armed, maimed
- defective, faulty
- obra manca ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- verso manco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (video games) chump, useless, butterfingers (a unskilled player, due to his inexperience or lack of skill for the game)
- (figuratively, nautical) oarless, without oars
Synonyms
- (chump): paquete (Spain)
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