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I. manchar VB trans

1. manchar:

manchar (ensuciar): to mark

manchar (ensuciar): to get … dirty

manchar (de algo difícil de quitar): to stain

cuidado, no vayas a manchar la alfombra: careful, don't get the carpet dirty

manchó el mantel de vino: he got wine stains on the tablecloth

vas a manchar el libro de tinta: you're going to get ink stains o ink all over the book

2. manchar:

manchar reputación/honra: to stain

manchar reputación/honra: to tarnish

manchar memoria: to tarnish

II. manchar VB intr

manchar: to stain

¿el café mancha?: does coffee stain?

III. mancharse VB vpr

1. mancharse ropa/mantel:

mancharse: to get dirty

mancharse (de algo difícil de quitar): to get stained

(mancharse de algo) se me manchó de chocolate: I got chocolate on it

se manchó de grasa: it got grease stains on it

se manchó de grasa: it got stained with grease

2. mancharse refl persona:

ponte un delantal para no mancharte: put an apron on so you don't get dirty

está recién pintado, no te manches: it's still wet, don't get paint on your coat (o shirt etc.)

está recién pintado, no te manches: it's still wet, don't get paint on yourself

me manché la blusa de aceite: I got oil stains on my blouse

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mottle: manchar

sully: manchar

discolor (stain): manchar

bloody: manchar de sangre

soil: manchar

tarnish reputation/name: manchar

blacken reputation: manchar

stain clothes/skin: manchar

stain: manchar

to blot one's copybook Brit: manchar su (or mi etc.) reputación

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I. manchar VB trans

1. manchar (ensuciar):

manchar: to dirty

2. manchar (desprestigiar):

manchar: to sully

II. manchar VB refl

manchar mancharse (ensuciarse):

mancharse: to get dirty

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sully: manchar

taint reputation: manchar

tarnish reputation: manchar

soil: manchar

to soil sb's reputation: manchar la reputación de alguien

blemish: manchar

smudge: manchar

to daub sth with sth: manchar algo de algo

besmirch: manchar

to blacken sb's name: manchar la reputación de alguien

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I. manchar [man·ˈʧar] VB trans

manchar: to dirty

II. manchar [man·ˈʧar] VB refl

manchar mancharse (ensuciarse):

manchar: to get dirty

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sully: manchar

taint reputation: manchar

tarnish reputation: manchar

soil: manchar

to soil sb's reputation: manchar la reputación de alguien

blemish: manchar

smudge: manchar

besmirch: manchar

to daub sth with sth: manchar algo de algo

to smear sb's good name: manchar el buen nombre de alguien

presente
yo	mancho
tú	manchas
él/ella/usted	mancha
nosotros/nosotras	manchamos
vosotros/vosotras	mancháis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	manchan

imperfecto
yo	manchaba
tú	manchabas
él/ella/usted	manchaba
nosotros/nosotras	manchábamos
vosotros/vosotras	manchabais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	manchaban

indefinido
yo	manché
tú	manchaste
él/ella/usted	manchó
nosotros/nosotras	manchamos
vosotros/vosotras	manchasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	mancharon

futuro
yo	mancharé
tú	mancharás
él/ella/usted	manchará
nosotros/nosotras	mancharemos
vosotros/vosotras	mancharéis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	mancharán

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to smear sb's good name: manchar el buen nombre de alguien

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En las cárceles deben estar y siguen manchando y mancillando a los que dicen la verdad.

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Gobernador su familia le ha hecho ya mucho daño a esta provincia, ustedes también tienen las manos manchada de sangre.

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Amarillentas se ponen a veces por esmaltes que manchan, o por tanto esmalte / quitaesmalte constantemente.

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Mi baba producto de mi imaginación mancha mi camisa verde a flores amarillas.

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No porque reconocieran nuestro trabajo sino porque ese hecho manchaba la producción de la película (7).

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