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manco.

one-handed, one-armed, maimed

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmanko/[ˈmãŋ.ko]
  1. one-handed, one-armed, maimed

  2. defective, faulty, incomplete

    obra manca
    verso manco
  3. chump, useless, butterfingers (a unskilled player, due to his inexperience or lack of skill for the game)

    Internet
    GG ese hc no hizo nada, fue completamente manco.
  4. oarless, without oars

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

noun/ˈmanko/[ˈmãŋ.ko]
  1. one-handed, one-armed, maimed person

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

noun/ˈmanko/[ˈmãŋ.ko]
  1. horse

    Chile · colloquial · masculine
noun/ˈmanko/[ˈmãŋ.ko]
  1. tayra

    masculine
verb/ˈmanko/[ˈmãŋ.ko]
  1. first-person singular present indicative of mancar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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