manchego

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noun

A firm, compact cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain, aged for between 60 days and two years and made from the milk of Manchega sheep.

OriginSpanish manchego →
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Meanings

manchego1

nounmanchego (countable and uncountable, plural manchegos)

plural manchegos

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Manchego.

    “Now, these are what we’d call tasty cheeses,” she said as I speared cubes of creamy kefalotiri and manchego, nodding in agreement: tasty!

    2008 May 18, Jaime Gross, “Captain Kangaroo”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Manchego2

nounManchego (countable and uncountable, plural Manchegos)

plural Manchegos

  1. countableuncountableA firm, compact cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain, aged for between 60 days and two years and made from the milk of Manchega sheep.
  2. countableuncountableA North American, industrialized cheese made from cow's milk that melts and is similar in taste to Monterey Jack common in Mexico and Spanish-speaking regions in the US.

Origin

  1. Spanishmanchego“from La Mancha”
  2. EnglishManchego

Borrowed from Spanish manchego (“from La Mancha”).

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Translations

Arabic مَنْتْشِيغُو
  • مَنْتْشِيغُو (mantšīḡū)a firm, compact cheese from La Mancha
Japanese ケソ・マンチェゴ, マンチェゴ
  • ケソ・マンチェゴ (keso manchego)a firm, compact cheese from La Mancha
  • マンチェゴ (manchego)a firm, compact cheese from La Mancha
Portuguese manchego
  • manchegoa firm, compact cheese from La Mancha
Russian манче́го
  • манче́го (mančégo)a firm, compact cheese from La Mancha

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

manchego. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manchego

MLA

“manchego.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manchego. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manchego,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manchego.

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