manchego

manchego (countable and uncountable, plural manchegos)

1. 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!

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manchego

1. neuter of manchegu

manchego (feminine manchega, masculine plural manchegos, feminine plural manchegas)

1. of, from or relating to La Mancha

manchego m (plural manchegos, feminine manchega, feminine plural manchegas)

1. native or inhabitant of La Mancha (usually male)

• “manchego”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Spanish manchego.

manchego (feminine manchega, masculine plural manchegos, feminine plural manchegas)

1. of, from or relating to La Mancha

manchego m (plural manchegos, feminine manchega, feminine plural manchegas)

1. native or inhabitant of La Mancha (usually male)
2. Manchego (a firm, compact cheese from La Mancha)

From Andalusian Arabic المنشا (al Mansha); Mancha +‎ -ego.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /manˈt͡ʃeɡo/ [mãnʲˈt͡ʃe.ɣ̞o]

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• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: man‧che‧go

manchego (feminine manchega, masculine plural manchegos, feminine plural manchegas)

1. of, from or relating to La Mancha

manchego m (plural manchegos, feminine manchega, feminine plural manchegas)

1. native or inhabitant of La Mancha (usually male)

• “manchego”, 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