Polyglot Dictionary

mancha

/ˈmɐ̃ʃɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as manchas

Meaning

  1. stain

    • Há uma mancha na camisa.

      There's a stain on the shirt.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

nódoa

nódoa is more formal or literary; mancha is the everyday word — both mean "stain."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

mancha

mancha is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stain."

Practice

1 What does mancha mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há uma ___ na camisa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mancha?

noun

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