mangar
Spanish, verb/manˈɡaɾ/
mangar is spelled M-A-N-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mangar is a Spanish verb meaning “to nick, pinch, swipe, nab (steal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Robar, hurtar, sisar, chorar”.
What does mangar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto nick, pinch, swipe, nab (steal)
- 2
colloquialto scrounge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Robar, hurtar, sisar, chorar.
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 mangar
- mango first-person present singular
- mangué first-person preterite singular
- mangado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- mangando gerund
- mangada feminine participle past
- mangados masculine participle past
- mangadas feminine participle past
- mangas indicative informal present
- mangás indicative informal present
- manga indicative present singular
- mangamos first-person indicative plural
- mangáis indicative plural present
- mangan indicative plural present
- mangaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mangabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mangábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mangabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mangar?
- /manˈɡaɾ/
- [mãŋˈɡaɾ]
- [mãŋˈgaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mangar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mangar in Spanish?
mangar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).