mangú
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Bantu or West African mangusi meaning and boiled vegetable turned into a purée. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mangú m (uncountable)
- (Dominican Republic) food dish consisting of mashed, cooked plantains
References
[edit]- Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos[1], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar
Further reading
[edit]- “mangú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28