fango

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fango (“mud”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfæŋɡəʊ̯/, /ˈfæŋɡɵ̞ʊ̯/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American, without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈfæŋɡoʊ̯/, /ˈfæŋɡɔʊ̯/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪ̯ŋɡoʊ̯/, /ˈfeɪ̯ŋɡɔʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
• Hyphenation: fango

Noun

fango (uncountable)

1. Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.

Derived terms

• parafango

Anagrams

• ganof, Fogan

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish fango. Contrast Esperanto koto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfanɡo/

Noun

fango (plural fangi)

1. mud, mire

Italian

Alternative forms

• fanga f (regional)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fangus ~ *fanga (“mud”) of Germanic origin, see there for more. Compare French fange f and Spanish fango m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfan.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: fàn‧go

Noun

fango m (plural fanghi)

1. mud
2. (mining) sludge

Derived terms

• infangare

Related terms

• fangoso

Descendants

• → English: fango (learned)
• → Romanian: fango (learned)

Further reading

• fango in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• fogna

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fango.

Noun

fango n (plural fangouri)

1. fango

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fango	fangoul	fangouri	fangourile
genitive-dative	fango	fangoului	fangouri	fangourilor
vocative	fangoule		fangourilor

References

• fango in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan fang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfanɡo/ [ˈfãŋ.ɡo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Syllabification: fan‧go

Noun

fango m (plural fangos)

1. mud (soil and water)

   Synonyms: barro, lodo

Derived terms

• guardafangos

Further reading

• “fango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025