Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manchego

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: manchego
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A firm, compact cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain, aged for between 60 days and two years and made from the milk of Manchega sheep.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A North American, industrialized cheese made from cow's milk that melts and is similar in taste to Monterey Jack common in Mexico and Spanish-speaking regions in the US.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Manchego.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“Now, these are what we’d call tasty cheeses,” she said as I speared cubes of creamy kefalotiri and manchego, nodding in agreement: tasty!"

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manchego (“from La Mancha”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: manchego

Usage

Inflected Forms

Manchegos (plural)

Questions

What does manchego mean?: A firm, compact cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain, aged for between 60 days and two years and made from the milk of Manchega sheep.
Where does manchego come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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