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sangano

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with dialectal Spanish zangaño (“shaft, crankshaft”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sangano m (plural sanganos)

  1. (archaic) goose, gander
    Synonym: ganso

References edit

  • “angano” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “sangano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zángano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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