noun, feminine/ˈmant͡ʃa/plural: manchas
spot; stain; blemish; patch; spot; area; group of friends; gang
“mancha urbana” — urban area
Synonyms: tacha, rincón
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Compare with the borrowed doublet mácula, as well as with mangla.