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mancha

Spanish, noun

mancha is spelled M-A-N-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,406th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mancha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “spot; stain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of manchar. With an accent, manchá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of manchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Marca que queda en una superficie al derramar alguna sustancia que tiña”.

What does mancha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininespot; stain

  2. 2

    feminineblemish

  3. 3

    femininepatch; spot; area

    mancha urbana

  4. 4

    femininegroup of friends; gang

    Salí a nadar con la mancha en Villa Nueva.

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as manchá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of manchar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Marca que queda en una superficie al derramar alguna sustancia que tiña. 2. Zona de alguna superficie en donde se produce un cambio de color respecto del color dominante. 3. Zona de un terreno que es destacada. 4. Conjunto de plantas que se asientan en una zona, haciendo que se distinga del espacio adyacente.

interjection: 1. Se exclama en el juego de la mancha, una vez que se mancha a alguien.

noun: 1. Fuelle de una forja o de un órgano.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mancha

  • manchas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mancha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mancha in Spanish?

mancha appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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