machango

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Guanche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃanɡo/ [maˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡo]
  • Rhymes: -anɡo
  • Syllabification: ma‧chan‧go

Noun

machango m (plural machangos) (Canary Islands)

  1. A monkey.
  2. A poorly made doll or puppet of a person or animal.
  3. A poorly drawn person or animal.
  4. A clownish or ridiculous person, someone who acts foolishly.

Further reading

  • “machango”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010
  • “machango”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
  • “machango”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
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