fotingo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English foot it 'n go, used in advertisements by Ford. Influenced by the suffix -ingo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈtinɡo/ [foˈt̪ĩŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: fo‧tin‧go

Noun

fotingo m (plural fotingos)

1. rustbucket; banger (old car)

Further reading

• “fotingo”, 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