mangazo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish mango

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Spanish -azo

Spanish mangazo

From mango + -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡaθo/ [mãŋˈɡa.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /manˈɡaso/ [mãŋˈɡa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025