Pronúncia: məŋká
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verb intransitiu
- to be lacking, be wanting.
- li manquen diners he lacks money, he needs money.
- ha mancat de respecte he lacked respect.
- [ésser-ne absent] to be missing, be absent.
- li manca un braç he has an arm missing.
- manca en Pere Peter is missing.
- en manquen nou there are nine missing, we are nine short.
- manquen cinc minuts per a les quatre it’s five to four.
- manca poc per acabar it’s almost over.
- (ídem) it’s almost finished.
- [cessar de fer el seu servei] to fail, break down, go wrong.
- [terreny] to give way.
- [minvar, vent] to abate, drop.
- [en general] to decrease, lessen, diminish.
- to calm down.
- mancar a [fer actes contraris a un principi] to be false to.
- (ídem) [fer actes contraris a una persona] to fail.
- (ídem) to offend.
- mancar a la seva paraula to go back on one’s word. verb transitiu
- to spoil, make a mess of.
- to fail.