mango

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WOTD – 15 December 2012

Mangoes (fruit)

black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)

Alternative forms

• manga (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-South Dravidian *mā

Proto-South Dravidian *m

Proto-South Dravidian *mām

Malayalam മാം (māṁ)

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Malayalam കായ (kāya)

Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa)

Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor.

Portuguese mangabor.

English mango

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡəw/
• (General American)
  • (without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪŋɡoʊ/

    • Audio (US, æ-raising):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡəʉ̯/

  • Audio:

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛŋɡɐʉ̯/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡo/
• (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡoː/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango (countable and uncountable, plural mangoes or mangos)

1. A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
   • 1980, Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah, page 146:

     On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.

3. The fruit of the mango tree.
   • 1738, October–November, Hans Sloan, Philosophical Transactions, volume 40, number 450, “VI. his Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning this Stone”, translated from the Latin by Thomas Stack, Royal Society (1741), page 376:

     And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.

4. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
   • 2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335:

     In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.

5. (US, chiefly southern Midland US, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
   • 1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, page 222:

     Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.

   • 1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, page 154:

     Best mango peppers

   • 1943 August 9, Mary Adgate, “Stuffed Mangoes”, in The Lima News‎^[2], Lima, Ohio, page 5:

     Cut tops from mangoes; remove seeds.

   • 2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41:

     Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.

6. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
7. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
8. A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.

   mango:  

9. (in the plural, slang) The breasts.

Hypernyms

• (tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica): fruit tree, tree
• (fruit): fruit, stone fruit, tropical fruit

Derived terms

• African mango (Irvingia gabonensis)
• Alphonso mango
• apple mango
• bandango
• black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)
• bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis)
• hapus mango
• hillbilly mango
• mangoade
• mango bird, mango-bird
• mangoey
• mango fish
• mango fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)
• mango ginger
• mangolike
• mango melon
• Mango Mussolini
• mangonada
• mangophile
• mango pudding
• mangorita
• mango roll
• mango shower
• mango squash
• mango tilapia
• mangotini
• mangotoxin
• mango trick
• mango weevil
• mango worm (Cordylobia anthropophaga)
• Milton mango
• wild mango (Irvingia gabonensis)

Descendants

• → Armenian: մանգո (mango) (or from Russian манго (mango))
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܢܓܘܿ (mango)
• → Asturian: mangu
• → Catalan: mango
• → Chichewa: bango
• → Czech: mango
• → Danish: mango
• → Dutch: mango
• → Esperanto: mango
• → Finnish: mango
• → Georgian: მანგო (mango)
• → German: Mango
• → Greek: μάνγκο (mángko)
• → Hebrew: מנגו (mango)
• → Hungarian: mangó
• → Irish: mangó
• → Italian: mango
• → Japanese: マンゴー (mangō)
• → Korean: 망고 (manggo)
• → Macedonian: манго (mango)
• → Norwegian: mango
• → Polish: mango
• → Romanian: mango
• → Russian: манго (mango)
  • → Armenian: մանգո (mango) (or directly from English mango)
  • → Kazakh: манго (maño)
  • → Mongolian: манго (mango)
• → Slovak: mango
• → Slovene: mango
• → Spanish: mango
• → Swedish: mango
• → Turkish: mango
• → Welsh: mango

Translations

tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica

• Antillean Creole: pyé mango
• Arabic: مَنْجُو m (mangū), مَنْجُو m (manjū), مَنْجَا f (mangā), مَنْجَا f (manjā), مَانْجُو m (mangō)

  Egyptian Arabic: منجة f (manga)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَنْقة f (manga), مَنْقا f (manga)

  Moroccan Arabic: منݣة (manga)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܢܓܘܿ m (mangō)

• Assamese: আমগছ (amgos)
• Asturian: mangu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani:

  Arabic: انبه (ənbə, əmbə), منگو (mangō)

  Latin: manqo (az)

• Balinese: poh
• Bengali: আম গাছ (am gach)
• Bhojpuri: आम (ām)
• Burmese: သရက်ပင် (sa.rakpang)
• Catalan: mango (ca) m
• Chagatai: اَنْبَه (ænbæ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芒果樹 / 芒果树 (mángguǒshù)

• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: muyemɓe class 3/4

• Czech: mangovník m
• Dutch: mangoboom (nl) m
• Esperanto: mangujo (eo), mangarbo (eo)
• Fijian: maqo (fj)
• Finnish: mangopuu (fi)
• French: manguier (fr) m
• Galician: mangueira (gl) f, manga (gl) f
• German: Mangobaum (de) m
• Gujarati: આંબ m (ā̃ba), આંબો m (ā̃bo)
• Hebrew: מַנְגּוֹ (he) m (mángo)
• Hiligaynon: mangga
• Hindi: आम (hi) m (ām)
• Hunsrik: Mangabaam m
• Ido: mangiero (io)
• Indonesian: pohon mangga
• Interlingua: mangiero
• Japanese: マンゴー (ja) (mangō)
• Javanese: pelem (jv)
• Khmer: ស្វាយ (km) (svaay)
• Kikuyu: mũembe class 3
• Korean: 망고 (ko) (manggo)
• Latin: aniba (la)
• Latvian: mango (lv) m
• Macedonian: манго n (mango)
• Malagasy: anaran-kazo (mg)
• Malay: pokok mangga, pokok pauh
• Malayalam: മാവ് (ml) (māvŭ)
• Maltese: mango m, mango
• Marathi: आंबा m (āmbā)
• Nahuatl:

  Tetelcingo Nahuatl: möncocuabi̱tl

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mangotre n

  Nynorsk: mangotre n

• Persian: انبه (fa) (anbe)
• Polish: mango (pl) n
• Portuguese: mangueira (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਅੰਬ (pa) m (amba)

  Shahmukhi: اَمْب m (amb)

• Russian: ма́нго (ru) n (mángo)
• Sanskrit: आम्र (sa) m (āmra)
• Spanish: árbol de mango m
• Swahili: mwembe (sw)
• Swedish: mango (sv), mangoträd n
• Sylheti: ꠀꠝ (am)
• Tagalog: puno ng mangga, mangga (tl)
• Tamil: மாமரம் (ta) (māmaram)
• Telugu: మామిడి (te) (māmiḍi)
• Tetum: haas-hun
• Thai: มะม่วง (th) (má-mûuang), ต้นมะม่วง (dtôn má-mûang)
• Turkish: Hint kirazı, mango (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: هند كیرازی (hind kirezi)

• Ukrainian: ма́нго (uk) n (mánho), ма́нґо n (mángo)
• Urdu: آم (ur) m (ām)
• Uyghur: مانگو (man'go)
• Vietnamese: xoài (vi)
• Welsh: mango m
• Yiddish: מאַנגאָ m (mango)
• Zyphe: hee

fruit

• Acehnese: mamplam
• Afrikaans: mango (af), veselperske (af)
• Albanian: mango
• Amharic: ማንጎ (mango)
• Antillean Creole: mango
• Arabic: مَنْجُو m (mangū), مَنْجُو m (manjū), مَنْجَا f (mangā), مَنْجَا f (manjā)

  Egyptian Arabic: منجة f (manga)

  Moroccan Arabic: منݣة (manga)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܢܓܘܿ m (mangō)

• Armenian: մանգո (hy) (mango)

  Middle Armenian: ամպաճ (ampač)

• Assamese: আম (am)
• Asturian: mangu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani:

  Arabic: انبه (ənbə, əmbə), منگو (mangō)

  Latin: manqo (az)

• Baluchi: انب (anb), امب (amb)
• Basque: kirten, helduleku
• Belarusian: ма́нга n (mánha)
• Bengali: আম (bn) (am)
• Bhojpuri: आम (ām)
• Breton: mangezenn (br) f
• Bulgarian: ма́нго n (mángo)
• Burmese: သရက်သီး (sa.raksi:)
• Catalan: mango (ca) m
• Chagatai: اَنْبَه (ænbæ)
• Chakma: 𑄃𑄟𑄴 (ām)
• Cherokee: ᎺᏂᎪ (menigo)
• Chichewa: mango, bango
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芒果 (yue) (mong¹ gwo²)

  Hakka: 番檨 (fân-son)

  Hokkien: 檨仔 (zh-min-nan) (soān-á, soǎiⁿ-á, sōaiⁿ-á, soāiⁿ--á, soān--á)

  Mandarin: 芒果 (zh) (mángguǒ)

• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: yemɓe class 9/10

• Cornish: mango m
• Czech: mango (cs) n
• Danish: mango (da)
• Dhivehi: އަނބު (aᵐbu)
• Dusun:

  Central Dusun: mangga

• Dutch: mango (nl) m, manja
• Dzongkha: ཨམ་ཅུ་ཀུ་ལི (am cu ku li)
• East Frisian Low German: mangoo ?
• Esperanto: mango (eo)
• Estonian: mango (et)
• Fijian: maqo (fj)
• Finnish: mango (fi)
• French: mangue (fr) f
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: Mangoo m or f (Sylt)

• Galician: manga (gl) f
• Georgian: მანგო (ka) (mango)
• German: Mango (de) f
• Greek: μάνγκο (el) n (mángko)
• Gujarati: કેરી f (kerī),
• Hawaiian: manakо̄
• Hebrew: מַנְגּוֹ (he) m (mángo)
• Hiligaynon: mangga, paho
• Hindi: आम (hi) m (ām)
• Hungarian: mangó (hu)
• Hunsrik: Manga f
• Icelandic: mangó (is) n
• Ido: mango (io)
• Indonesian: buah mangga (id), mangga (id)
• Interlingua: mango
• Irish: mangó
• Italian: mango (it) m
• Japanese: マンゴー (ja) (mangō)
• Kanakanabu: maangasʉ
• Kannada: ಮಾವು (kn) (māvu)
• Kashmiri: اَمب (amb)
• Kazakh: манго (maño)
• Khmer: ស្វាយ (km) (svaay)
• Kikuyu: iembe class 5
• Konkani: आम्बो (āmbo) or āmbô
• Korean: 망고 (ko) (manggo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mango (ku)

• Kyrgyz: манго (ky) (mango)
• Lao: ສະວາຍ (sa wāi), ຫມາກມ່ວງ (māk mūang)
• Latvian: mango (lv)
• Lawa:

  Eastern Lawa: แป (pae)

  Western Lawa: แป (pae)

• Lindu: morowe
• Lingala: manga (ln)
• Lithuanian: mangas
• Lutuv: ahe
• Macedonian: манго n (mango)
• Malay: mangga (ms), pauh (ms), mempelam

  Brunei Malay: mangga

• Malayalam: മാങ്ങ (ml) (māṅṅa)
• Maltese: siġra tal-mango
• Māori: mango (mi)
• Marathi: आंबा m (āmbā)
• Mongolian: манго (mn) (mango)
• Muna: foo
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: ūpūa-īuh

• Nahuatl:

  Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mönco

• Navajo: Naakaii bichʼil łitsxooí
• Nepali: आम (ām)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mango m

  Nynorsk: mango m

• Nubi: yembe
• Odia: ଆମ୍ବ (āmba)
• Persian: انبه (fa) (anbe)
• Polish: mango (pl) n
• Portuguese: manga (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਅੰਬ (pa) m (amba)

  Shahmukhi: اَمْب m (amb)

  Western Punjabi: امب (pnb), انبى

• Rapa Nui: vī
• Rohingya: amm
• Romanian: mango (ro) n
• Russian: ма́нго (ru) n (mángo)
• Sanskrit: आम्र (sa) m (āmra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̏нго n

  Latin: mȁngo (sh) n

• Sindhi: انب (sd) (ā̃b)
• Sinhalese: අඹ (si) (aᵐba)
• Slovak: mango (sk) n
• Slovene: mango n
• Spanish: mango (es) m, (Eastern Bolivia) manga (es) f, (Puerto Rico) mangó (es) m
• Swahili: embe (sw)
• Swedish: mango (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠀꠝ (am)
• Tagalog: mangga (tl)
• Tajik: анбаҳ (anbah)
• Tamil: மாங்காய் (ta) (māṅkāy) (unripe), மாம்பழம் (ta) (māmpaḻam) (ripe), மா (ta) (mā) (generic)
• Tausug: mangga
• Telugu: మామిడిపండు (te) (māmiḍipaṇḍu)
• Tetum: haas, haas-fuan
• Thai: มะม่วง (th) (má-mûuang)
• Tibetan: ཨམ (am)
• Tigrinya: ማንጉስ (mangus)
• Tocharian B: āmpär
• Turkish: Hint kirazı, mango (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: هند كیرازی (hind kirezi)

• Turkmen: mango
• Ukrainian: ма́нго (uk) n (mánho), ма́нґо n (mángo)
• Urdu: آم (ur) m (ām)
• Uyghur: مانگو (man'go)
• Uzbek: mango (uz), anbah
• Vietnamese: xoài (vi), quả xoài, trái xoài
• Welsh: mango m
• Yakan: mangga
• Yiddish: מאַנגאָ (mango)
• Zhuang: makmanghgoj

mangoed vegetable

green bell pepper

• Finnish: vihreä paprika

variety of Cucumis melo

hummingbird of the genus Anthracothorax

• Finnish: hohtokolibri
• French: mango (fr) m

Verb

mango (third-person singular simple present mangoes, present participle mangoing, simple past and past participle mangoed)

1. (uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
   • 1870, Hannah Mary Peterson, The Young Wife's Cook Book, page 444:

     Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.

   • 1989, William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art:

     In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.

   • 2008, Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, Pickles To Relish, →ISBN, page 66:

     For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.

Translations

remove the innards of, fill, and pickle (a fruit)

References

• (bell peppers): The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia

Anagrams

• Gamon, Mogan, among, ang mo, goman, ngoma

Afar

Etymology 1

Cognate with Saho mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡo/ [mʌŋˈɡɔ]
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Verb

mangó

1. (stative) be many; be much
   • 2006, “Ruut 1:6 [Ruth 1:6]”, in Nabuwwa kee malikwa [Prophets and kings]‎^[3]:

     Waqlak wadir Noqmi, YALLI isi marat barkat heeh baaxol mango daro tooboke 'yaanam toobbe.

     After that Naomi heard that the LORD put a blessing on his own people that a lot of grain shot up on the land.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mango (type III verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
present indicative I	V-affirmative	mangiyóh	mangitóh	mangóh	mangóh	manginóh	mangitoonúh	mangoonúh
	N-affirmative	mangiyó	mangitó	mangó	mangó	manginó	mangitón	mangón
	negative	mámangiyo	mámangito	mámango	mámango	mámangino	mámangiton	mámangon
present indicative II		affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I		mánguk + perfective of én
past indicative II		mánguk + perfective of sugé
present potential	affirmative	mangiyóm takkéh	mangitóm takkéh	mangóm takkéh	mangóm takkéh	manginóm takkéh	mangitoonúm takkéh	mangoonúm takkéh
past conditional	affirmative	mánguk + past conditional of sugé
		-h converb	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	infinitive
		mángih	mánguk	mangínnuh	mangíyya

Derived terms

• mangóm yesgellé migáq

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡo/ [mʌŋˈɡɔ]
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mangó f

1. mango (fruit)
2. mango (plant)
3. mango juice

Declension

Declension of mangó
absolutive	mangó
predicative	mangó
subjective	mangó
genitive	mangó
Postpositioned forms l-case mangól k-case mangók t-case mangót h-case mangóh

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “mango”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 163
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 194

Antillean Creole

Noun

mango

1. mango

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish mango.

Noun

mango (inanimate)

1. (Amecameca) mango

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mango (“handle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡo/, [ˈmãŋ.ɡo]
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango

1. handle

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ᵑɡó/

Noun

mangó class 6

1. mango (fruit)
2. plural of bango

Synonyms

• bango

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡɔ]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈmæŋɡɔ]

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango

Mutation

Mutation of mango

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mango	vango	unchanged	unchanged	fango, vango*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡo]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

mango n

1. mango (the fruit of the mango tree)

Declension

Declension of mango (velar neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	mango	manga
genitive	manga	mang
dative	mangu	mangům
accusative	mango	manga
vocative	mango	manga
locative	mangu	mangách
instrumental	mangem	mangy

Derived terms

• mangovník
• mangový

Further reading

• “mango”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mango”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mango”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋ.ɡoː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango m (plural mango's, diminutive mangootje n)

1. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango

   Synonyms: manga, manja

2. (Netherlands, Belgium) mango tree, Mangifera indica

Derived terms

• mangoboom

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: man‧go

Noun

mango (accusative singular mangon, plural mangoj, accusative plural mangojn)

1. mango

Derived terms

• mangarbo
• mangifero
• mangujo

Further reading

• “mango”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “mango”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋːo/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): man‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): man‧go

Etymology 1

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Noun

mango

1. mango (fruit)

Declension

Inflection of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mango	mangot
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mango	mangot
accusative	nom.	mango	mangot
	gen.	mangon
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
inessive		mangossa	mangoissa
elative		mangosta	mangoista
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
adessive		mangolla	mangoilla
ablative		mangolta	mangoilta
allative		mangolle	mangoille
essive		mangona	mangoina
translative		mangoksi	mangoiksi
abessive		mangotta	mangoitta
instructive		—	mangoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangoni mangoni accusative nom. mangoni mangoni gen. mangoni genitive mangoni mangojeni partitive mangoani mangojani inessive mangossani mangoissani elative mangostani mangoistani illative mangooni mangoihini adessive mangollani mangoillani ablative mangoltani mangoiltani allative mangolleni mangoilleni essive mangonani mangoinani translative mangokseni mangoikseni abessive mangottani mangoittani instructive — — comitative — mangoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangosi mangosi accusative nom. mangosi mangosi gen. mangosi genitive mangosi mangojesi partitive mangoasi mangojasi inessive mangossasi mangoissasi elative mangostasi mangoistasi illative mangoosi mangoihisi adessive mangollasi mangoillasi ablative mangoltasi mangoiltasi allative mangollesi mangoillesi essive mangonasi mangoinasi translative mangoksesi mangoiksesi abessive mangottasi mangoittasi instructive — — comitative — mangoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangomme mangomme accusative nom. mangomme mangomme gen. mangomme genitive mangomme mangojemme partitive mangoamme mangojamme inessive mangossamme mangoissamme elative mangostamme mangoistamme illative mangoomme mangoihimme adessive mangollamme mangoillamme ablative mangoltamme mangoiltamme allative mangollemme mangoillemme essive mangonamme mangoinamme translative mangoksemme mangoiksemme abessive mangottamme mangoittamme instructive — — comitative — mangoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangonne mangonne accusative nom. mangonne mangonne gen. mangonne genitive mangonne mangojenne partitive mangoanne mangojanne inessive mangossanne mangoissanne elative mangostanne mangoistanne illative mangoonne mangoihinne adessive mangollanne mangoillanne ablative mangoltanne mangoiltanne allative mangollenne mangoillenne essive mangonanne mangoinanne translative mangoksenne mangoiksenne abessive mangottanne mangoittanne instructive — — comitative — mangoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mangonsa mangonsa accusative nom. mangonsa mangonsa gen. mangonsa genitive mangonsa mangojensa partitive mangoaan mangoansa mangojaan mangojansa inessive mangossaan mangossansa mangoissaan mangoissansa elative mangostaan mangostansa mangoistaan mangoistansa illative mangoonsa mangoihinsa adessive mangollaan mangollansa mangoillaan mangoillansa ablative mangoltaan mangoltansa mangoiltaan mangoiltansa allative mangolleen mangollensa mangoilleen mangoillensa essive mangonaan mangonansa mangoinaan mangoinansa translative mangokseen mangoksensa mangoikseen mangoiksensa abessive mangottaan mangottansa mangoittaan mangoittansa instructive — — comitative — mangoineen mangoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• mangolassi
• mangomehu
• mangopuu
• mangosose

Further reading

• “mango”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

From French mangue.

Noun

mango (dated)

1. synonym of kusimanse (“common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus”).

Declension

Inflection of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mango	mangot
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mango	mangot
accusative	nom.	mango	mangot
	gen.	mangon
genitive		mangon	mangojen
partitive		mangoa	mangoja
inessive		mangossa	mangoissa
elative		mangosta	mangoista
illative		mangoon	mangoihin
adessive		mangolla	mangoilla
ablative		mangolta	mangoilta
allative		mangolle	mangoille
essive		mangona	mangoina
translative		mangoksi	mangoiksi
abessive		mangotta	mangoitta
instructive		—	mangoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mango (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangoni mangoni accusative nom. mangoni mangoni gen. mangoni genitive mangoni mangojeni partitive mangoani mangojani inessive mangossani mangoissani elative mangostani mangoistani illative mangooni mangoihini adessive mangollani mangoillani ablative mangoltani mangoiltani allative mangolleni mangoilleni essive mangonani mangoinani translative mangokseni mangoikseni abessive mangottani mangoittani instructive — — comitative — mangoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mangosi mangosi accusative nom. mangosi mangosi gen. mangosi genitive mangosi mangojesi partitive mangoasi mangojasi inessive mangossasi mangoissasi elative mangostasi mangoistasi illative mangoosi mangoihisi adessive mangollasi mangoillasi ablative mangoltasi mangoiltasi allative mangollesi mangoillesi essive mangonasi mangoinasi translative mangoksesi mangoiksesi abessive mangottasi mangoittasi instructive — — comitative — mangoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangomme mangomme accusative nom. mangomme mangomme gen. mangomme genitive mangomme mangojemme partitive mangoamme mangojamme inessive mangossamme mangoissamme elative mangostamme mangoistamme illative mangoomme mangoihimme adessive mangollamme mangoillamme ablative mangoltamme mangoiltamme allative mangollemme mangoillemme essive mangonamme mangoinamme translative mangoksemme mangoiksemme abessive mangottamme mangoittamme instructive — — comitative — mangoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mangonne mangonne accusative nom. mangonne mangonne gen. mangonne genitive mangonne mangojenne partitive mangoanne mangojanne inessive mangossanne mangoissanne elative mangostanne mangoistanne illative mangoonne mangoihinne adessive mangollanne mangoillanne ablative mangoltanne mangoiltanne allative mangollenne mangoillenne essive mangonanne mangoinanne translative mangoksenne mangoiksenne abessive mangottanne mangoittanne instructive — — comitative — mangoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mangonsa mangonsa accusative nom. mangonsa mangonsa gen. mangonsa genitive mangonsa mangojensa partitive mangoaan mangoansa mangojaan mangojansa inessive mangossaan mangossansa mangoissaan mangoissansa elative mangostaan mangostansa mangoistaan mangoistansa illative mangoonsa mangoihinsa adessive mangollaan mangollansa mangoillaan mangoillansa ablative mangoltaan mangoltansa mangoiltaan mangoiltansa allative mangolleen mangollensa mangoilleen mangoillensa essive mangonaan mangonansa mangoinaan mangoinansa translative mangokseen mangoksensa mangoikseen mangoiksensa abessive mangottaan mangottansa mangoittaan mangoittansa instructive — — comitative — mangoineen mangoinensa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mango (13th century, Alfonso X), from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”). Compare Portuguese mango, Spanish mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋɡʊ]

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. grip, handgrip, handle

   Synonyms: anga, asa

2. hilt

   Synonym: puño

3. handle, shaft

   Synonym: cabo

Derived terms

• desmangar
• mangar

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mango”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mango”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mango”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mango”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mango”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mangue (“mango”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mãɡo/

Noun

mango

1. mango

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[6], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 123

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋoʔ/ [maˈŋoʔ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ngo

Noun

mangô

1. (derogatory) idiot

Adjective

mangô

1. stupid, foolish

Usage notes

• The word can sound friendly and affectionate between close people.

See also

• banihut sutil
• lipaton
• manul

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.ɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: màn‧go

Noun

mango m (plural manghi)

1. mango

Anagrams

• Magno, gnoma, magno, magnò

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; but perhaps an agent noun related to Ancient Greek μαγγανεύω (manganeúō, “enchant, use charms”) and secondarily “trick out, dress artificially”, from the noun μάγγανον (mánganon, “philtre, charm, means for bewitching others”). Buck suggests that Latin mangō is a loanword based (ultimately or otherwise) on the Greek noun.

Alternatively, derived from manus (“hand”) via an unattested verb such as *manicō or *manigō (“handle, manage; trade, deal?”) (both requiring an unusual syncope of the verb suffix, the former also requiring an unusual voicing of /k/) +‎ -ō (agent noun suffix). This would make it related to manceps (“purchaser; contractor”) and mancipium (“property, slave”), whence perhaps the sense of “slave-trader”. The semantic trajectory would be similar to that of German handeln (“to handle; to trade, deal”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.ɡo]

Noun

mangō m (genitive mangōnis); third declension

1. dealer, monger in slaves or wares (to which he tries to give an appearance of greater value by adorning them)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mangō	mangōnēs
genitive	mangōnis	mangōnum
dative	mangōnī	mangōnibus
accusative	mangōnem	mangōnēs
ablative	mangōne	mangōnibus
vocative	mangō	mangōnēs

Derived terms

• mangōnicō
• mangōnicus
• mangōnium
• mangōnizō

Descendants

• →⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *mangārī (see there for further descendants)

References

• “mango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mango”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "mango", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mango”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "mango", in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Mango (1)

Mango (2)

Etymology

Via other European languages, see etymology at English mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maŋɡoː]

• Audio:

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Noun

mango m (invariable)

1. tree of the genus Mangifera with aromatic, sweet fruits

   Mango ir viens no tropu svarīgākajiem augļu kokiem. ― The mango is one of the most important tropical fruit trees.

2. mango fruit (the fruit of this tree)

   Mango ir tropu koku augļi. ― The mango is a tropical tree fruit.

   Mēs pasūtām mango sulu ar ledu. ― We ordered mango juice with ice.

Manx

Etymology

English mango, from Portuguese manga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡo/

Noun

mango m (plural mangoyn)

1. mango

Mutation

Mutation of mango

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mango	vango	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

mango etymology 1 sense 1

mango etymology 1 sense 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡɔ/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡɔ
• Syllabification: man‧go

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-South Dravidian *mā

Proto-South Dravidian *m

Proto-South Dravidian *mām

Malayalam മാം (māṁ)

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Malayalam കായ (kāya)

Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa)

Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor.

Portuguese mangabor.

English mangobor.

Polish mango

Borrowed from English mango.

Noun

mango n (indeclinable, related adjective mangowy)

2. mango (any plant of the genus Mangifera)

   Synonyms: magnusodrzew, mangowiec

4. mango (fruit of this plant)

Derived terms

nouns

• mangowiec

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mango f

1. vocative singular of manga

Further reading

• “mango”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mango”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)
• mango in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ɡu/

• Hyphenation: man‧go
• Homophone: Mango

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mango, from Early Medieval Latin manicus, from Latin manus (“hand”).

Alternative forms

• manguo (pre-standardization spelling)

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand)
2. (dated, vulgar) penis [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

3. (Brazil, dated, numismatics, informal) A historical unit of currency used in Brazil, originally equivalent to 1000 réis (milreis) or 1 cruzeiro.
4. (Brazil, dated, figurative, informal) buck (any unit of currency)

   Synonym: pila

Derived terms

• mangar
• mangual, mangal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish mango.

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) wooden whip

Etymology 3

Variant of manga.

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. (regional) synonym of manga (“mango fruit”)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Nyungwe mangu.

Adverb

mango

1. (Mozambique) quickly; early

   Synonyms: rapidamente, temporão

Related terms

• mango-mango

Etymology 5

Uncertain.

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. species of carnivorous mammal from West Africa (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. species of small fish from Africa (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

Further reading

• “mango”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mango”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “mango”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “mango”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “mango”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “mango”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

mango m (plural mango)

1. mango

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mango	mangoul	mango	mangoi
genitive-dative	mango	mangoului	mango	mangolor
vocative	mangoule		mangolor

Spanish

un mango de espada

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡo/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: man‧go

Etymology 1

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand)
   • 2011, Estándar de milady: barbero profesional, 5th edition, Milady, page 353:

     Sostenga el mango de la navaja entre los dedos anular y meñique, […]

     Hold the razor’s handle between your ring finger and little finger, […]

Derived terms

• tener la sartén por el mango

See also

• asa
• manija
• manivela

un mango

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango (fruit and tree)
2. (Bolivia) alternative form of mangos
   • 1930, “Yira, Yira”, Enrique Santos Discépolo (lyrics), performed by Carlos Gardel:

     Buscando ese mango / Que te haga morfar...

     Looking for that money / That lets you eat...

Derived terms

• arroz con mango
• mangal
• mangazo
• mangüeña

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mönco
• → Ye'kwana: manku
• → K'iche': mank

Etymology 3

Verb

mango

1. first-person singular present indicative of mangar

Further reading

• “mango”, 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
• mango on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

mango class IX (plural mango class X)

1. solid

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹maŋɡʊ/, [ˈmǎŋɡʊ̂]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡʊ
• Hyphenation: man‧go

Noun

mango c

1. mango (tree)

   Synonym: mangoträd

2. mango (fruit)

Declension

Declension of mango

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mango	mangos
	definite	mangon	mangons
plural	indefinite	mangos, mangor, mangoer	mangos, mangors, mangoers
	definite	mangorna, mangoerna	mangornas, mangoernas

References

• “mango”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mango”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mango”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• mogna

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈma.ŋo]

Verb

mango

1. (stative) to be sharp

Conjugation

Conjugation of mango

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tomango	fomango	mimango
2nd person		nomango	nimango
3rd person	masculine	omango	imango yomango (archaic)
	feminine	momango
	neuter	imango

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡo/

Noun

mango (definite accusative mangoyu, plural mangolar)

1. synonym of Hint kirazı (“mango”)

Declension

Declension of mango

singular plural nominative mango mangolar definite accusative mangoyu mangoları dative mangoya mangolara locative mangoda mangolarda ablative mangodan mangolardan genitive mangonun mangoların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular mangom mangolarım 2nd singular mangon mangoların 3rd singular mangosu mangoları 1st plural mangomuz mangolarımız 2nd plural mangonuz mangolarınız 3rd plural mangoları mangoları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular mangomu mangolarımı 2nd singular mangonu mangolarını 3rd singular mangosunu mangolarını 1st plural mangomuzu mangolarımızı 2nd plural mangonuzu mangolarınızı 3rd plural mangolarını mangolarını dative singular plural 1st singular mangoma mangolarıma 2nd singular mangona mangolarına 3rd singular mangosuna mangolarına 1st plural mangomuza mangolarımıza 2nd plural mangonuza mangolarınıza 3rd plural mangolarına mangolarına locative singular plural 1st singular mangomda mangolarımda 2nd singular mangonda mangolarında 3rd singular mangosunda mangolarında 1st plural mangomuzda mangolarımızda 2nd plural mangonuzda mangolarınızda 3rd plural mangolarında mangolarında ablative singular plural 1st singular mangomdan mangolarımdan 2nd singular mangondan mangolarından 3rd singular mangosundan mangolarından 1st plural mangomuzdan mangolarımızdan 2nd plural mangonuzdan mangolarınızdan 3rd plural mangolarından mangolarından genitive singular plural 1st singular mangomun mangolarımın 2nd singular mangonun mangolarının 3rd singular mangosunun mangolarının 1st plural mangomuzun mangolarımızın 2nd plural mangonuzun mangolarınızın 3rd plural mangolarının mangolarının

Derived terms

• mango sineği

Further reading

• “mango”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “mango”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mango”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3050

Welsh

Etymology

From English mango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡɔ/

Noun

mango m (plural mangos)

1. mango

Mutation

Mutated forms of mango

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mango	fango	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.