mangas

See also: mangás, manĝas, and manga's

English

Etymology 1

From Greek μάγκας (mágkas).

Noun

mangas (plural manges)

  1. (now historical) A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.
    • 2016, Jane K Cowan, Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece, page 174:
      Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor.
    • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 172:
      The mangas was expected to cock a snook at authority, to be quick with a knife and ruthless in avenging insult.

Etymology 2

Plural forms.

Noun

mangas

  1. plural of manga
    • 2006, Chi Hang Li, Chris Patmore, Hayden Scott Baron, Complete Guide to Anime Techniques:
      Many characters in long-running mangas grow up as their audiences do: they get married, raise children, and so on.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.ɡa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: manga

Noun

mangas m

  1. plural of manga

Galician

Noun

mangas f pl

  1. plural of manga

Verb

mangas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of mangar

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡas/

Noun

mangas f pl

  1. plural of manga

Noun

mangas m pl or f pl

  1. plural of manga

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmanɡas/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡas]
  • Rhymes: -anɡas
  • Syllabification: man‧gas

Noun

mangas f pl

  1. plural of manga

Verb

mangas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of mangar

Swedish

Noun

mangas

  1. indefinite genitive singular of manga
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