mangar

v.

to pinch(informal). (peninsular Spanish)

mangar algo a alguien to pinch o nick something from somebody (British)

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mangar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar to pinch, nick, swipe

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verbo transitivo

a) (Esp arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)

b) (RPl fam) (gorrear) to scrounge (colloq)

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= swipe, nick.

Ex. A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.

Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

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verbo transitivo

a) (Esp arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)

b) (RPl fam) (gorrear) to scrounge (colloq)

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= swipe, nick.

Ex: A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

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mangar [A3 ]

vt

1 (Esp fam) (robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq)

2 (RPl) (gorrear) manguear vt A. (↑ manguear)

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mangar vtr argot to nick, pinch, swipe

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mangar

♦ vt

1. Esp Fam [robar] to pinch, Br to nick;

mangar algo a alguien to pinch o Br nick sth off sb

2. RP Fam [pedir] to cadge, to scrounge;

siempre me manga cigarros he's always cadging cigarettes off me

♦ vi

RP Fam to sponge, to scrounge;

siempre está mangando he's always sponging o scrounging

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mangar

v/t pop

swipe fam, Br tb

pinch fam

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mangar vb (robar) to pinch