chango

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See also: Changó

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of machango, from Guanche.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃanɡo/
Rhymes: -anɡo
Syllabification: chan‧go

Noun

chango m (plural changos)

(Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines) monkey
Synonym: mono
(Argentina) shopping trolley, shopping cart
Synonym: carrito
(Bolivia, Argentina) kid, child (specifically NW Argentina)
Cynopotamus magdalenae, a freshwater fish of Colombia.

Usage notes

chango is a false friend of English change; related to this term are canje, canjear, cambio and cambiar

Related terms

(diminutive) changuito m

Descendants

→ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: chanku
→ Sayula Popoluca: changu
→ Tagalog: tsonggo

See also

chongo m
mico m
simio m
zanate m

References

Gillespie-Duelos, Eduardo. (1975) A Glossary of San Antonio Jargon. American Speech, vol. 50, no. 1/2, 140–142.

Further reading

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

chango

plural of uchango

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