bongó

See also: bongo, bongô, bỡ ngỡ, and bɔŋɔ

Galician

Etymology

From United States Spanish bongó.

Noun

bongó m (plural bongós)

1. (music) bongo

Irish

Etymology 1

From Spanish bongo.

Noun

bongó m (genitive singular bongó, nominative plural bongónna)

1. bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)

Derived terms

• bongó iartharach (“western bongo, lowland bongo”)
• bongó oirthearach (“eastern bongo”)
• bongó sléibhe (“mountain bongo”)

Etymology 2

From English bongo, from United States Spanish bongó.

Noun

bongó m (genitive singular bongó, nominative plural bongónna)

1. bongo (drum)

   Synonym: druma bongó

Derived terms

• drumadóir bongó (“bongo player, bongoist”)

Declension

Declension of bongó (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bongó bongónna vocative a bhongó a bhongónna genitive bongó bongónna dative bongó bongónna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bongó na bongónna genitive an bhongó na mbongónna dative leis an mbongó don bhongó leis na bongónna

Mutation

Mutated forms of bongó

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bongó	bhongó	mbongó

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “bongó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Spanish

Etymology

American Spanish, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bonˈɡo/ [bõŋˈɡo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bon‧gó

Noun

bongó m (plural bongós)

1. (music) bongo

Further reading

• “bongó”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10