mangaba

English

Etymology

?From Portuguese mangaba.

Noun

mangaba (plural mangabas)

1. The round, edible fruit of the tree Hancornia speciosa, native to parts of South America.
   • 1821, James Henderson, A History of the Brazil, page 262:

     The cajue, the jabuticaba, the araticu, and the mangaba fruits are common; also oranges, limes, bananas, pine-apples, and water-melons.

   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 181:

     Once the Counselor rose to his feet, the women of the Sacred Choir offered him a bowlful of goat's milk, a bit of bread, a dish of boiled cornmeal, and a basketful of mangabas.

   • 2002, Nigel JH Smith, Amazon Sweet Sea:

     The soft, thinskinned fruits of mangaba are gathered from contorted, often fireblackened trees on savannas.

Galician

Verb

mangaba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of mangar

Spanish

Verb

mangaba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of mangar