The story
- Spanish · borrowed frommano a mano
- English todaymano a mano
Borrowed from Spanish mano a mano (literally “hand-to-hand”); on equal footing, neither of two participants having any distinct advantage.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mano a mano
Today it means: A head-on conflict or direct competition. Full definition →
Spanish mano a mano