mangas
See also: mangás, manĝas, and manga's
English
Etymology 1
From Greek μάγκας (mágkas).
Noun
mangas (plural manges)
- (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, p. 174:
- Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor.
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin 2020, p. 172:
- The mangas was expected to cock a snook at authority, to be quick with a knife and ruthless in avenging insult.
- 2016, Jane K Cowan, Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece, p. 174:
Etymology 2
Plural forms.
Noun
mangas
- 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.
- 2006, Chi Hang Li, Chris Patmore, Hayden Scott Baron, Complete Guide to Anime Techniques
Anagrams
- Gasman, Magans, gasman
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑ̃.ɡa/
Audio (file) - Homophone: manga
Noun
mangas m
- plural of manga
Galician
Noun
mangas f pl
- plural of manga
Verb
mangas
- Second-person singular (ti) present indicative of mangar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐʃ/
Noun
mangas f pl
- plural of manga
mangas m pl or f pl
- plural of manga
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmanɡas/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡas]
- Rhymes: -anɡas
- Syllabification: man‧gas
Noun
mangas f pl
- plural of manga
Verb
mangas
- second-person singular present indicative of mangar