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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Guanche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃanɡo/
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Syllabification: ma‧chan‧go
Noun
machango m (plural machangos)
- (Canary Islands) monkey
Further reading
- “machango” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
- “machango”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española, Real Academia Española, 2021
- "machango", Diccionario básico de canarismos (DBC)