sangano

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Galician

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. Cognate with dialectal Spanish zangaño (“shaft, crankshaft”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sangano m (plural sanganos)

  1. (archaic) goose, gander
    Synonym: ganso

References

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “angano”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “sangano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zángano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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