tongo
See also: Tongo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtõ.ɡu/
- Hyphenation: ton‧go
Adjective
tongo (feminine tonga, masculine plural tongos, feminine plural tongas)
- (informal, of a person) stupid, idiotic
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
- (informal, of a person) naïve, gullible
Noun
tongo m (plural tongos, feminine tonga, feminine plural tongas)
- (informal, of a person) a foolish person; a dunce; an idiot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
- (informal, of a person) a naïve or gullible person
- Synonym: ingênuo
Spanish
Etymology
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Noun
tongo m (plural tongos)
- (colloquial) fraud; farce
- 1993, José Luis Benítez, Chafanto, o, El encuentro de la imagen sobre el espejo mágico:
- La política es un tongo que se cree en el sublime derecho, pero divino derecho, de ser atendida, escuchada y alabada, y que piensa que todo el mundo trabaja para su exclusivo fin. A cambio de ello, ofrece miseria y padecimiento […]
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- '2015, Federico Jiménez Losantos, Los años perdidos de Mariano Rajoy:
- Otro tongo en el debate electoral. Rajoy y Rubalcaba pactaron no hablar de corrupción.
- Another farce in the electoral debate. Rajoy and Rubalcaba made a pact not to talk of corruption.
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Derived terms
- tongonear
Further reading
- “tongo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English tongue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈto.ŋo/
Noun
tongo
- language, tongue
Swahili
Pronunciation
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Noun
tongo (ma class, plural matongo)
- flock of birds
- a mannequin or decoy in the shape of a bird
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *toŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *toŋoʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.
Noun
tongó
- mangrove, esp. Rhizophora mangle
- Naʻe lahi ‘a e tongó ‘i Haʻapaí ni.
- There were a lot of mangroves in Haʻapai.