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

• “manchego”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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
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

• “manchego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28