manchego
See also: Manchego
English edit
Noun edit
manchego (countable and uncountable, plural manchegos)
- Alternative form of Manchego
- 2009 March 13, Jaime Gross, “Captain Kangaroo”, in New York Times[1]:
- “Now, these are what we’d call tasty cheeses,” she said as I speared cubes of creamy kefalotiri and manchego, nodding in agreement: tasty!
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
manchego
Galician edit
Adjective edit
manchego (feminine manchega, masculine plural manchegos, feminine plural manchegas)
- of, from or relating to La Mancha
Noun edit
manchego m (plural manchegos, feminine manchega, feminine plural manchegas)
- native or inhabitant of La Mancha
Further reading edit
- “manchego” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish manchego.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
manchego (feminine manchega, masculine plural manchegos, feminine plural manchegas)
- of, from or relating to La Mancha
Noun edit
manchego m (plural manchegos, feminine manchega, feminine plural manchegas)
- native or inhabitant of La Mancha
- Manchego (a firm, compact cheese from La Mancha)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic المنشا (al Mansha); Mancha + -ego.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
manchego (feminine manchega, masculine plural manchegos, feminine plural manchegas)
- of, from or relating to La Mancha
Noun edit
manchego m (plural manchegos, feminine manchega, feminine plural manchegas)
- native or inhabitant of La Mancha
References edit
- ^ Lipscomb, Kelly (2005): Spain, p. 208
Further reading edit
- “manchego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014