mangra

• almangra
• almànguena (Valencia)

Variant of earlier almangra, from Andalusian Arabic المغرة (al-máḡra), from Arabic الْمَغْرَة (al-maḡra), الْمُغْرَة (al-muḡra, “red clay or earth”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmaŋ.ɡɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaŋ.ɡɾa]

mangra f (plural mangres)

1. almagra (a deep red ochre found in Spain), ruddle

• “mangra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mangra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mangra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mangra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“blemish”), probably via Spanish mangla.^[1] Doublet of mancha, malha, mágoa, mácula, and maquis.

mangra f (usually uncountable, plural mangras)

1. (obsolete) mildew (growth of minute fungi on plants)

   Synonyms: míldio, mofo

mangra

1. inflection of mangrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative