mangú

See also: mangu and manĝu

Spanish

Etymology

From Bantu or West African mangusi meaning and boiled vegetable turned into a purée. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡu/ [mãŋˈɡu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: man‧gú

Noun

mangú m (uncountable)

1. (Dominican Republic) food dish consisting of mashed, cooked plantains

References

• Alba, Orlando (2004), Cómo hablamos los dominicanos: un enfoque sociolingüístico‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish), Santo Domingo: Grupo León Jimenes, →ISBN

Further reading

• “mangú”, 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