# manso
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈman.su]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈman.so]

### Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural manses)
* Alternative form of mans (“tame”)

### Noun

manso m (plural mansos)
* (colloquial) guy, chap, fellow
    Synonym: paio
* (colloquial) boyfriend
    Synonym: amant

### Further reading

* “manso” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

From Spanish manso (“tame”).

### Adjective

manso
* meek; tame

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese manso, from Vulgar Latin *mansus, from Latin mansuetus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmansʊ]

### Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)
* (of animals) tame (mild and well-behaved)
    Antonym: bravo
* (of plants) grafted; cultured
    Antonym: bravo
* (of people) meek; gentle
    Antonym: bravo
* (of nature and natural phenomena) mild; gentle

#### Derived terms

* mansedume

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.so/
* Rhymes: -anso
* Hyphenation: màn‧so

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mānsus, back-formed from Latin mānsuētus.

#### Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansi, feminine plural manse)
* (literary, regional) meek, tame
    Synonyms: docile, mansueto
** 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXVII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Quali si stanno ruminando manse le capre, state rapide e proterve sovra le cime avante che sien pranse […]Like the meek ruminating goats, having been swift and haughty upon the mountaintops before being sated […]

##### Related terms

* mansueto

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mānsum (“residence”), from Latin mānsus, perfect passive participle of maneō (“to stay, remain”).

#### Noun

manso m (plural mansi)
* (historical) an amount of land (usually 12 jugerums) considered cultivable yearly by using two oxen or a single plough

## Latin
### Participle

mānsō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mānsus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuetus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.su/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
* Hyphenation: man‧so

### Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)
* (of animals) tame (mild and well-behaved)
* (of people) meek; submissive (following orders without protest)
* (of nature and natural phenomena) mild; gentle; tranquil

#### Synonyms

* (submissive): submisso
* (mild): tranquilo, calmo, brando

#### Derived terms

* mansamente

#### Related terms

* amansar

### Further reading

* “manso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanso/ [ˈmãn.so]
* Rhymes: -anso
* Syllabification: man‧so

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuētus.

#### Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)
* tame, meek; not threatening
    Antonyms: bravo, amenazante, agresivo, peligroso, perrucho

##### Derived terms

* pino manso

#### Noun

manso m (plural mansos)
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* bellwether (the leading sheep, goat or res of a flock)

##### Derived terms

* amansar
* ortiga mansa
* yerba del manso
* yerba mansa

##### Related terms

* mansedumbre

### Etymology 2

Possibly an alteration of inmenso.

#### Adjective

manso (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural mansas)
* (colloquial, intensifier, Chile, Panama) gigantic, big

##### Usage notes

* Used before the noun in exclamatory phrases, sometimes preceded by an article

### Further reading

* “manso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10