malanga

See also: Malanga

English

Etymology

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Noun

malanga (plural malangas)

1. Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.
2. Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
3. The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value.
4. Chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata, syn. Caladium colocasia).

Derived terms

• malanga blanca
• malanga coco
• malanga lila

 

Translations

Xanthostoma plant

• Italian: malanga (it)
• Mopan Maya: mäkäl
• Russian: мала́нга (ru) f (malánga)
• Spanish: (Central America) macal (es), (Puerto Rico) yautía (es)

See also

• cocoyam, new cocoyam.

References

• “malanga”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Malagan, Maṅgala, Málagan, Nagmaal, malagan

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: ma‧làn‧ga

Noun

malanga f (plural malanghe)

1. malanga
   • (Can we date this quote?), Gabriel García Márquez, Cent’anni di solitudine, translated from Spanish to Italian by Enrico Cicogna →ISBN, page 12:

     ... mentre Ursula e i bambini si rompevano la schiena nell’orto per coltivare il banano e la malanga, la manica e l’igname, la ahuyama e la melanzana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Anagrams

• La Magna, Lamagna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

1. any of several arum family plants grown for their edible tubers: taro, malanga, eddo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlanɡa/ [maˈlãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: ma‧lan‧ga

Noun

malanga f (plural malangas)

1. malanga

Further reading

• “malanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014