manancial
Portuguese, noun/ma.nɐ̃.siˈaw/
manancial is spelled M-A-N-A-N-C-I-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manancial is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “spring (source of a river, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fonte ou nascente de água”.
What does manancial mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespring (source of a river, etc.)
- 2
masculinewell
- 3
masculineorigin (beginning of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fonte ou nascente de água
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of manancial
- mananciais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manancial?
- Brazil /ma.nɐ̃.siˈaw/
- Brazil [ma.nɐ̃.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ma.nɐ̃ˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manancial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manancial in Portuguese?
manancial appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).