mango
Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit treesAny of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
» I want to eat a mango.
Ich möchte eine Mango essen.
Я хочу съесть манго.
Я хочу з'їсти манго.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
Mangobaum
ма́нгоmángo
ма́нгоmánho, ма́нґоmángo
large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
(countable, uncountable)Fruit of the mango tree.
Mango
ма́нгоmángo
ма́нгоmánho, ма́нґоmángo
(countable, uncountable)A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
(US, countable, dated, uncountable)A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
(countable, uncountable)A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
(countable, uncountable)A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
(countable, in the plural, slang, uncountable)The breasts.
Examples
84 sentencesI want to eat a mango.
Я хочу з'їсти манго. — older
ruЯ хочу съесть манго. — fjay69
deIch möchte eine Mango essen. — Esperantostern
How many mangoes do you want?
Скільки манго ти хочеш? — deniko
ruСколько манго ты хочешь? — Wezel
deWie viele Mangos möchtest du? — Esperantostern
Do you have mangoes?
У тебе є манго? — deniko
ruУ вас есть манго? — marafon
I have never eaten a mango before.
ruЯ никогда раньше не ел манго. — katjka
deIch habe noch nie eine Mango gegessen. — MUIRIEL
Look at all the mangoes growing on that tree.
ruГлянь, сколько на этом манго плодов. — Karok
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), poBorrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.
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Forms
plural: mangoes / mangosSynonyms
2 synonyms- large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit:mango treeMangifera indica
Word family
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