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/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "GAHN" (as in "garden") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

A freeloader who always takes and never gives, someone who lives off others, always asking for things, borrowing without returning, and milking generosity dry. In Spain, a mangante is morally broke even if not financially so.

Examples

No invites a ese mangante, se come todo y no pone nada.

Don't invite that freeloader, he eats everything and contributes nothing.

That sponger has owed me money since last year.

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Regional synonyms

A blabbermouth, someone who can't keep a secret to save their life or who talks way too much without thinking. In Spain, bocazas is that friend you never tell anything important because by morning the whole neighborhood knows. Harmless but absolutely unreliable with information.