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See also: Pongo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kongo mpongo (“gorilla”).
Noun
[edit]pongo (plural pongos or pongoes)
- (British, military slang) A soldier.
- A canyon or gorge in South America, especially one cutting through a ridge or mountain range.
- (British, slang) A lazy, good-for-nothing person.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from translingual Pongo, from Kongo mpongi, mpungu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pongo m (plural ponghi)
- (zoology) any member of the Pongo taxonomic genus
- (uncountable, usually capitalized as Pongo) the Pongo taxonomic genus
Etymology 2
[edit]From a brand name.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pongo m (uncountable)
- a kind of coloured/colored plasticine
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pongo
Further reading
[edit]- pòngo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- póngo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]pongo m (plural pongos)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]pongo
Further reading
[edit]- “pongo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms derived from Kongo
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- English countable nouns
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- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔnɡo
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔnɡo/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Zoology
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Rhymes:Italian/onɡo
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- Italian non-lemma forms
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/onɡo
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish countable nouns
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