See also: Mangual

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From earlier mangal, from mango (flail shaft), from Vulgar Latin *manicus (handle), from Latin manus (hand). Alternatively, from Latin manuālis.[1]

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: man‧gual

Noun edit

mangual m (plural manguais)

  1. flail (tool)
  2. flail (weapon)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “mangual”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos