mancebia

Old Spanish

Alternative forms
  • mançebia (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From mancebo (“young man, youth”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mant͡seˈbia/

Noun

mancebia f (usually uncountable)

  1. youth
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r:
      Priegot mucho q̃ te miẽbre del amor. ⁊ de la cõpãnia. que ẏo ⁊ ti ouẏemos en nr̃a mãçebia.
      I beg dearly that it remind you of the affection and company that you and I shared in our youth.

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Descendants
  • Spanish: mancebía

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.seˈbi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.seˈbi.a/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.sɨˈbi.ɐ/ [mɐ̃.sɨˈβi.ɐ]

  • Hyphenation: man‧ce‧bi‧a

Noun

mancebia f (plural mancebias)

  1. concubinage
  2. dissolute life
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