mandanga
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps via metathesis from mangada, variant of mancada (“thing lacking”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mandanga f (plural mandangues)
- (colloquial, often plural) a miscellaneous item of little value
- 2015, Ferran Torrent, Un dinar un dia qualsevol:
- Això del colesterol, el sucre... són mandangues de la indústria farmacèutica.
- All this about cholesterol, sugar...it's pharmaceutical industry junk.
Further reading edit
- “mandanga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Slang term of unknown origin. Possibly a corruption of mundano (“dull, boring”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mandanga f (plural mandangas)
- (colloquial) slowness, sluggishness
- Synonyms: flema, indolencia
- (slang) cocaine, coke
- Synonym: cocaína
- (Spain, slang) loving (sexual intercourse)
References edit
- Pharies, David (2015): Structure and Analogy in the Playful Lexicon of Spanish, p. 205
Further reading edit
- “mandanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014