bango

See also: Bango, bangó, banĝo, and bangō

Chichewa

Etymology 1

From English mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.ᵑɡó/

Noun

bangó class 5 (plural mangó class 6)

1. mango (fruit)

   Synonym: mango

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓá.ᵑɡo/

Noun

bángo class 5 (plural mabángo class 6)

1. reed

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bán.ɡóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báŋ.ɡʷóː]

Noun

bangō m (plural bangwā̀yē, possessed form bangon)

1. wall (of a room)
2. book cover

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.ɡu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.ɡu/

• Hyphenation: ban‧go

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.

Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga)bor.

Portuguese bango

Borrowed from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga, “hemp”).

Noun

bango m (plural bangos)

1. cannabis (plant or drug of the species Cannabis sativa)

   Alternative form: bangue

   Synonym: maconha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Luchazi mbangu.

Noun

bango m (plural bangos)

1. (Angola) flat tray made of mateba (Hyphaene guineensis) wood, used for sifting flour

Further reading

• “bango”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bango”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bango”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bango”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit व॒ङ्कु (vaṅkú, “crooked”).

Adjective

bango (feminine bangi, plural bange)

1. crooked, distorted
2. cross-eyed, strabismic

Descendants

• → Romanian: zbanghiu

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bango class V (plural mabango class VI)

1. poster

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bang͂o — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *baŋ(ə)lúh (“fragrance”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano banglo, Sambali bangloh, Kapampangan banglu, Asi bangyo, Mansaka ballo, and Maranao bango.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈŋo/ [bɐˈŋo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ba‧ngo

Noun

bangó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅᜓ)

1. pleasant smell; fragrance; aroma

   Synonyms: samyo, halimuyak, halimunmon, alimusom

   Antonyms: baho, bantot

Derived terms

• ambango
• banguhan
• bumango
• kabanguhan
• mabango
• magpabango
• mamango
• pabango
• pabanguhan
• pabanguhin

See also

• amoy

Further reading

• “bango”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• Agbon, Gabon, bagon, bong̃a

Taroko

Noun

bango

1. number