palangana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palangana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləŋˈɡa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.laŋˈɡa.na]

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Noun

palangana f (plural palanganes)

1. washbasin

   Synonym: rentamans

Further reading

• “palangana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain.

• Perhaps from a hypothetical Latin *palagana (“gold panning pan”), from palaga (“gold nugget”), a chiefly Iberian term of Paleo-Hispanic origin.
• Possibly borrowed from Mopan Maya [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palanˈɡana/ [pa.lãŋˈɡa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pa‧lan‧ga‧na

Noun

palangana f (plural palanganas)

1. basin, washbowl, vat

Descendants

• → Catalan: palangana
• → Cebuano: palanggana (“washbasin”)
• → Tagalog: palanggana (“washbasin”)
• → Ye'kwana: jadankana

Further reading

• “palangana”, 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
• “palangana”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “palangana”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA