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manga

sleeve

noun MAHN-gah Rare

Also means

hose

Usage Note

Manga primarily means the sleeve of a garment (camiseta sin mangas = sleeveless shirt), but also refers to a flexible hose or pipe (manga de riego = garden hose) and the Japanese comic genre (borrowed into Spanish unchanged). The expression de manga ancha means 'lenient' or 'permissive'.

Examples

"La chaqueta tiene las mangas demasiado largas."

Natural Translation

The jacket has sleeves that are too long.

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