mancebo

From Vulgar Latin *mancipius (“slave”), from Latin mancipium (“purchase property”), also "a bought slave".

• IPA^(key): [mãnˈθeβʊ]

mancebo (feminine manceba, masculine plural mancebos, feminine plural mancebas)

1. (archaic) young

mancebo m (plural mancebos, feminine manceba, feminine plural mancebas)

1. (archaic) youngster
2. (dated) salesclerk, specifically a pharmacist clerk

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mancebo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mancebo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mancebo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mancebo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Vulgar Latin *mancipius (“slave”), from Latin mancipium (“purchase property”), also "a bought slave".

• Hyphenation: man‧ce‧bo

mancebo m (plural mancebos, feminine manceba, feminine plural mancebas)

1. boy (young male)

   Synonyms: garoto, menino, moço, rapaz

mancebo m (plural mancebos)

1. (Brazil) coat stand, coat rack

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mancipius (“slave”), from Latin mancipium (“purchase property”), also "a bought slave".

• IPA^(key): /manˈθebo/ [mãn̟ˈθe.β̞o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /manˈsebo/ [mãnˈse.β̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ebo
• Syllabification: man‧ce‧bo

mancebo (feminine manceba, masculine plural mancebos, feminine plural mancebas)

1. (rare) juvenile

   Synonym: juvenil

mancebo m (plural mancebos, feminine manceba, feminine plural mancebas)

1. (archaic) youth
2. (archaic) young servant, waiter

   Synonym: camarero

3. (rare) bachelor

   Synonym: soltero

• “mancebo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024