Polyglot Dictionary

fango

/ˈfanɡo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
fangos

Meaning

  1. mud

    • Los zapatos se hundieron en el fango.

      His shoes sank in the mud.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

barro

fango often describes thick, filthy mud or mire, and can figuratively mean moral degradation; barro is the everyday word for "mud."

lodo

fango and lodo are close synonyms for "mud"; fango often describes thick, filthy mud or mire, and can figuratively mean moral degradation.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

lama

lama is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mud."

Portuguese

lodo

lodo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mud."

Practice

1 What does fango mean?

2 Fill the gap: Los zapatos se hundieron en el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fango?

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