mangangá

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mamangaba, mangangaba

Etymology

From Old Tupi [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa/

Noun

mangangá m (plural mangangás) (Brazil)

1. (entomology) bumblebee (any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus)

   Synonym: abelhão

2. (zoology) scorpionfish (any of the family Scorpaenidae of marine, venomous fish)

   Synonym: aranhiço

Further reading

• “mangangá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024