mengua

== Asturian == === Noun === mengua f (plural mengües) loss; decrease ==== Derived terms ==== tener a mengua == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish menguar (“to decrease”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /menˈɡa/, [mẽŋˈɡa] Hyphenation: men‧gu‧a === Verb === menguá to lessen; to diminish; to subtract ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmenɡwa/ [ˈmẽŋ.ɡwa] Rhymes: -enɡwa Syllabification: men‧gua === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from menguar. ==== Noun ==== mengua f (plural menguas) loss, decrease poverty weak character === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== mengua inflection of menguar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “mengua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025