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noun, feminine

manita

/maˈnita/

noun, feminine/maˈnita/plural: manitas

diminutive of mano (“hand”); wave (to show the hand wide open to the rival public) to indicate that the match was won 5-0 or 0-5

Synonyms: manito

From mano + -ita. Football sense from the five fingers representing the five scored goals.