mandanga
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la mandanga
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (colloquial) (gibberish)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. nonsense
Déjense de mandangas y díganme la verdad. ¿Por qué no quieren venir?Stop the nonsense and tell me the truth. Why don't you want to come?
b. trash (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
No puedo hacerlo. - No me vengas con mandangas. ¡Claro que puedes!I can't do it. - Don't give me that trash. Of course you can!
c. rubbish (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Toda esta mandanga solo nos distrae de nuestro objetivo principal.All this rubbish just distracts us from our main objective.
2. (colloquial) (low speed)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. sluggishness
Haces las cosas con mucha mandanga. No me extraña que nunca acabes nada.You do things with so much sluggishness. I'm not surprised you never finish anything.
b. slowness
La mandanga con que se mueve la gente aquí se debe al calor.The slowness people move with here is due to the heat.
3. (colloquial) (drug) (Ecuador)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Ecuador
a. pot (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Siempre le compro la mandanga a ese camello.I always buy my pot from that pusher.
b. weed (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Habían fumado mandanga y estaban colocados.They'd smoked weed and were stoned.
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