machango

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chango

Etymology

Borrowed from Guanche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃanɡo/ [maˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: ma‧chan‧go

Noun

machango m (plural machangos) (Canary Islands)

1. A monkey.
2. A poorly made doll or puppet of a person or animal.
3. A poorly drawn person or animal.
4. A clownish or ridiculous person, someone who acts foolishly.

Further reading

• “machango”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010
• “machango”, 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
• “machango”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021