manga
Spanish, noun
manga is spelled M-A-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sleeve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of mangar. With an accent, mangá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of mangar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de una prenda que cubre el brazo total o parcialmente”.
What does manga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesleeve
- 2
feminineset
noun
- 1
masculinemanga (comic originating in Japan)
noun
- 1
femininemango tree
- 2
femininea type of mango (fruit)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of mangar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte de una prenda que cubre el brazo total o parcialmente. 2. Tubo largo de goma, plástico o cuero. 3. Parte del eje que entra en el cubo de la rueda. 4. Columna de agua líquida aspirada por el aire ascendente que culmina con agua en estado de vapor en su extremo superior.
noun: 1. Género japonés de historietas con rasgos característicos de un cómic.
noun: 1. Variedad del mango. 2. Fruto del mismo arbol.
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 manga
- mangas plural
- mangá alternative
- mangwa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to manga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manga in Spanish?
manga appears 23 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).