mangosta

Borrowed from Spanish mangosta, from French mangouste, from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs).

mangosta f (plural mangostes)

1. mongoose

• “mangosta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French mangouste, from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs).

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡosta/ [mãŋˈɡos.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: man‧gos‧ta

mangosta f (plural mangostas)

1. mongoose

• → Catalan: mangosta

• “mangosta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024