mongo

== English == === Etymology 1 === Unknown ==== Noun ==== mongo (uncountable) (New York City) Still-usable things salvaged (by sanmen) from garbage. [since the 1970s or 80s] 1984, [NYC] Issue 1-6, page 51: The old room was furnished in "mongo," Sanit lingo for stuff picked out of the garbage. Mongo-picking, Ukeles explained, "is against the law. The garbage belongs to the City. But until a recent rehabilitation program, which is the first since the Depression, the Sanmen never had their own furnishings." Prior to the show, the Sanmen voted on the worst facilities in the system and Ukeles selected the exhibition mongo from them—shabby, broken-down furniture, walls cluttered with cheap […] 2006, Fine Books & Collections, volume 4, page 56, reviewing MONGO: Adventures in Trash by Ted Botha (2004): [Mongo] refers to trash, or more specifically, to treasure found in trash: books, artifacts, furniture, even food. Ted Botha's book explores a whole culture, and various subcultures, that revolve around mongo. Those obsessed with mongo often live on the margins, […] (skateboarding) A manner of pushing oneself on a skateboard with one's front foot as opposed to one's back foot. push mongo ==== Further reading ==== Cassell's Dictionary of Slang === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== mongo (plural mongos) Clipping of mongoloid. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Spanish mongo This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: . Compare Tagalog munggo. Doublet of mung. ==== Alternative forms ==== mungo monggo ==== Pronunciation ==== (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈmoŋ.ɡo/ ==== Noun ==== mongo (uncountable) (Philippines) A mung bean. Synonyms: mongo bean, green mongo ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === moong == Chuukese == === Verb === mongo to eat == Finnish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Mongolian мөнгө (möngö). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmoŋːo/, [ˈmo̞ŋːo̞] Rhymes: -oŋːo Syllabification(key): mon‧go Hyphenation(key): mon‧go === Noun === mongo möngö (one 100th of tugrik, the currency of Mongolia) ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔn.ɡo/ Rhymes: -ɔnɡo Hyphenation: mòn‧go === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Mongolian мөнгө (möngö). ==== Noun ==== mongo m (invariable) möngö (one hundredth of a tugrik) === Etymology 2 === Probably of Bantu origin. ==== Adjective ==== mongo (invariable) of or pertaining to the Mongo people ==== Noun ==== mongo m or f by sense (invariable) one who is part of the Mongo people ==== Noun ==== mongo m (uncountable) Mongo (Bantu language) === Further reading === mongo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication === Anagrams === gnomo == Lotha Naga == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Naga *pha-ŋa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ. === Numeral === mongo five === Further reading === Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 59 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Clipping of mongoloide. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mon‧go === Noun === mongo m (plural mongos, feminine monga, feminine plural mongas) (slang) idiot === Adjective === mongo (feminine monga, masculine plural mongos, feminine plural mongas) (slang, derogatory) idiot; fool; retarded === Further reading === “mongo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mongo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Mongo. === Noun === mongo m (plural mongos) möngö ==== Declension ==== === References === mongo in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmonɡo/ [ˈmõŋ.ɡo] Rhymes: -onɡo Syllabification: mon‧go === Etymology 1 === Compare Portuguese mungo, Macanese mungo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: ==== Noun ==== mongo m (plural mongos) mung bean Synonyms: judía mongo, poroto mongo ===== Descendants ===== → Asi: munggo → Central Bikol: munggo → English: mongo → Tagalog: munggo === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== mongo m (plural mongos, feminine monga, feminine plural mongas) (colloquial, Chile, Cuba) idiot ==== Adjective ==== mongo (feminine monga, masculine plural mongos, feminine plural mongas) (colloquial, Chile, Cuba, Peru, Paraguay) idiotic, stupid, dumb Synonyms: tonto, necio === Further reading === “mongo”, 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 == Swedish == === Etymology === Clipping of mongoloid. Compare German Mongo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔŋɡʊ/ Rhymes: -¹ɔŋɡʊ Hyphenation: mon‧go === Noun === mongo n (slang, offensive) a person with Down's syndrome (or often a (congenital and) clearly noticeable disorder more generally) (slang, possibly offensive) an idiot and/or weirdo Synonyms: cp, idiot ==== Usage notes ==== Less associated with its etymology compared to cp and consequently less likely to offend in (noun sense 2) (though cp is often fairly detached from its etymology as well). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kioskmongo === Adjective === mongo (comparative mer mongo, superlative mest mongo) (slang) idiotic, stupid