manguear
Spanish, verb/manɡeˈaɾ/
manguear is spelled M-A-N-G-U-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manguear is a Spanish verb meaning “to borrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cosechar las frutas del mango”.
What does manguear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto borrow
- 2
colloquialto ask someone a favour.
Como ya tenían confianza, le mangueó que le comprara el almuerzo.
- 3
colloquialto freeload
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cosechar las frutas del mango.
verb: 1. Pedir prestado dinero.
verb: 1. Arrear el ganado con el fin de hacerlo entrar en la manga.
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 manguear
- mangueo first-person present singular
- mangueé first-person preterite singular
- mangueado participle past
- mangueando gerund
- mangueada feminine participle past
- mangueados masculine participle past
- mangueadas feminine participle past
- mangueas indicative informal present
- mangueás indicative informal present
- manguea indicative present singular
- mangueamos first-person indicative plural
- mangueáis indicative plural present
- manguean indicative plural present
- mangueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mangueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mangueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mangueabais imperfect indicative plural
- mangueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manguear?
- /manɡeˈaɾ/
- [mãŋ.ɡeˈaɾ]
- [mãŋgeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is manguear in Spanish?
manguear appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).