machango

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Guanche.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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machango m (plural machangos)

  1. (Canary Islands) monkey

Further reading

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  • machango” in Diccionario de americanismos, 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]