# "Mano a mano"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mano-a-mano/334691>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 8, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mano-a-mano/334691 "2005-12-08T16:06:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mano-a-mano/334691/1 "2005-12-08T16:06:56Z")

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Isn’t the literal translation “hand to hand”? I dunno, I don’t know Spanish but that’s what the web translator told me. How come so many people seem to think it means “man to man”?

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mano-a-mano/334691/2 "2005-12-08T16:12:18Z")

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Because “mano” sounds like man, of course.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mano-a-mano/334691/3 "2005-12-08T16:34:07Z")

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[Current thread on the subject](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346508).