mancilla

See also: mancillá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /manˈθiʝa/ [mãn̟ˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /manˈθiʝa/ [mãn̟ˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /manˈθiʎa/ [mãn̟ˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /manˈsiʝa/ [mãnˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /manˈsiʝa/ [mãnˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /manˈsiʎa/ [mãnˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /manˈsiʃa/ [mãnˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /manˈsiʒa/ [mãnˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: man‧ci‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish manziella, from Vulgar Latin mancella, from Latin macella.

Noun

mancilla f (plural mancillas)

1. stain; blemish (moral defect; a character flaw)

   Synonym: mancha

Derived terms

• amancillar
• mancillar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mancilla

1. inflection of mancillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mancilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10