machango

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chango

Etymology

Borrowed from Guanche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃanɡo/ [maˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: ma‧chan‧go

Noun

machango m (plural machangos)

1. (Canary Islands) monkey

Further reading

• “machango”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “machango”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española, Real Academia Española, 2021
• "machango", Diccionario básico de canarismos (DBC) [1]