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mang en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
[ˈmæŋ] without æ-raising [ˈmɛ̃ŋ] (Canada, US) /ˈmæŋ/ without æ-raising /ˈmɛ̃ŋ/ (Canada, US) /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ/ (Canada, US) [ˈmeɪ̯ŋ] (Canada, US) (Southern-England) audio
Etymology Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative, nonstandard) Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
"Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter. 2014 April 11, Gary Smith, Hero Road, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 46:
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mang en · ADP · etymology 2
Pronunciation
[ˈmæŋ] without æ-raising [ˈmɛ̃ŋ] (Canada, US) /ˈmæŋ/ without æ-raising /ˈmɛ̃ŋ/ (Canada, US) /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ/ (Canada, US) [ˈmeɪ̯ŋ] (Canada, US) (Southern-England) audio
Etymology From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.
Meanings
(Devon) Amid, amongst, among.
Source: en.wiktionary, “mang” (prep), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
mang en · VERB · etymology 3
Pronunciation
[ˈmæŋ] without æ-raising [ˈmɛ̃ŋ] (Canada, US) /ˈmæŋ/ without æ-raising /ˈmɛ̃ŋ/ (Canada, US) /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ/ (Canada, US) [ˈmeɪ̯ŋ] (Canada, US) (Southern-England) audio
Etymology From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.
Meanings
(Devon) To mix.
Hagegy Bess; wi' zich, I reckon,
Ha now delight'h vor mang. 1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell, page 25: It's all manged up together.
Forms
Source: en.wiktionary, “mang” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
mang en · VERB · etymology 4
Pronunciation
[ˈmæŋ] without æ-raising [ˈmɛ̃ŋ] (Canada, US) /ˈmæŋ/ without æ-raising /ˈmɛ̃ŋ/ (Canada, US) /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ/ (Canada, US) [ˈmeɪ̯ŋ] (Canada, US) (Southern-England) audio
Etymology Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mangel (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).
Meanings
(ambitransitive, dated, rare, slang) To beg; to beg for money.
Forms
wikipedia: Sanskrit
Source: en.wiktionary, “mang” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.