/Sounds like 'man-GAN-teh'/
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.
"No invites a ese mangante, se come todo y no pone nada."
"Ese mangante me debe dinero desde el año pasado. → Don't invite that freeloader, he eats everything and contributes nothing."
"That sponger has owed me money since last year."
/Sounds like 'man-GAN-teh'/
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.
"No invites a ese mangante, se come todo y no pone nada."
"Ese mangante me debe dinero desde el año pasado. → Don't invite that freeloader, he eats everything and contributes nothing."
"That sponger has owed me money since last year."