manchar



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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
SpanishEnglish
manchar⇒ vtr (ensuciar)stain⇒, spot⇒ vtr
  get dirty vi + adj
 Al tirarte por el césped has manchado el pantalón.
 You stained your trousers when you threw yourself on the grass.
manchar vtr figurado (reputación, honra: empañar) (figurative, informal)smear⇒, sully⇒, tarnish⇒ vtr
  damage⇒, hurt⇒, tarnish⇒ vtr
 Expandieron rumores sobre él para manchar su reputación.
 They spread rumors about him to smear (or: tarnish) his reputation.
mancharse⇒ v prnl (ensuciarse a sí mismo) (of oneself)make a mess v expr
  dirty yourself, stain yourself vtr + refl
 El niño se manchó comiéndose el helado.
 The child made a mess eating the ice cream.
mancharse de v prnl + prep (ensuciarse con algo)get [sth] on yourself v expr
  stain yourself with [sth] v expr
 No se puede ser albañil sin mancharse de cemento.
 You can't be a stonemason without getting cement on yourself.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
SpanishEnglish
manchar el honor de loc verb + prep (quitar la honra)tarnish the honor of, stain the honor of v expr
  (literary)besmirch the honor of v expr
 El hijo estafador manchó el honor de la familia.
manchar la imagen de loc verb + prep (desprestigiar)damage the image of, tarnish the image of v expr
 Con su mala conducta, la cantante manchó la imagen de los artistas del país.
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'manchar' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the Spanish description:
barrar - condecorar - desdorar - desprestigiar - embarrar - empañar - empañar el honor de - encerar - enlodazar - ensangrentar - ensuciar - entintar - guarrear - macular - mancillar - mancillar el honor de alguien - mellar - pintarrajear - pringar - profanar - tiznar - vomitar
English:
besmirch - blemish - blotch - drag through the mud - mottle - smear - smudge - speck - speckle - spot - stain - streak - sully - besmear - blacken - dot - draggle - maculate - smirch - splatter - taint - tarnish - wreck - soil - blooding - bloody - blot your copybook - cast a pall over - defile


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