guango
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
guango (plural guangos)
(Jamaica) The tree Albizia saman, of the pea family.
== Jamaican Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡwaŋɡʌ/
Hyphenation: guan‧go
=== Noun ===
guango (plural guango dem, quantified guango)
Albizia saman, guango, monkey pod tree, rain tree
=== Further reading ===
Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 272
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡwanɡo/ [ˈɡwãŋ.ɡo]
Rhymes: -anɡo
Syllabification: guan‧go
=== Noun ===
guango m (plural guangos)
(Mexico) baggy or loose-fitting clothing (Can we verify(+) this sense, particularly "adjective misinterpreted as a noun? it's strange that there was no adjective sense; if it exists as a noun add it back)"?)
=== Adjective ===
guango (feminine guanga, masculine plural guangos, feminine plural guangas)
(Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) baggy, loose (of clothes)
(Mexico) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
un viejo guango ― a (???) old man
=== Further reading ===
“guango”, 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
“guango”, 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