manchego

manchego (countable and uncountable, plural manchegos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Manchego.
   • 2008 May 18, Jaime Gross, “Captain Kangaroo”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     “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 (usually male)

• “manchego”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

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)

• “manchego”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “manchego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 (usually male)

• “manchego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025