sangano

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /saŋˈɡano/ [s̺ɑŋˈɡɑ.nʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /saŋˈɡano/ [s̺ɑŋˈɡɑ.nʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /saŋˈħano/ [s̺ɑŋˈħɑ.nʊ]

• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: san‧ga‧no

Noun

sangano m (plural sanganos)

1. (archaic) goose, gander

   Synonym: ganso

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “angano”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sangano”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega