mangazo

Spanish

Etymology

From mango +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /manˈɡaθo/ [mãŋˈɡa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /manˈɡaso/ [mãŋˈɡa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: man‧ga‧zo

Noun

mangazo m (plural mangazos)

1. Augmentative of mango
2. a strike or blow with a mango
3. scrounging
4. hotty (beautiful man or woman)

Further reading

• “mangazo”, 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