compangu

Asturian

FWOTD – 23 February 2016

Etymology

From Latin *companicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpanɡu/ [kõmˈpaŋ.ɡu]
• Rhymes: -anɡu
• Syllabification: com‧pan‧gu

Noun

compangu m (plural compangos)

1. cured meats eaten with fabada asturiana
   • Xosé María García Sánchez, El gochu y los matanzos en Caldones (Xixón) in Cultures, volume 9, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, pages 131-132:

     […] y lo que ta claro ye que pa comer bones fabes el compangu tien que ser bono.

     […] and what is clear is that, in order to eat good beans, the meats have to be good.