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mancada

🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil

What does “mancada” mean?

screw-up, letdown

Example

“Foi mancada tua não me avisar.”
Not telling me was a bad move on your part.

Good to know

"Dar mancada" = to let someone down or mess up.

Who you can say it to

With friends, not your boss

🫂 Friends🙄 Teasing

The textbook way to say it: uma falha

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