mangual

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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mangual m (plural manguais)

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mangual”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos