"mofongo" meaning in All languages combined

See mofongo on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/, /məʊˈfəʊŋɡəʊ/ Forms: mofongos [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish mofongo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|mofongo}} Spanish mofongo Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mofongo (countable and uncountable, plural mofongos)
  1. A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mofongo-en-noun-OYXcY7J8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /moˈfonɡo/, [moˈfõŋ.ɡo] Forms: mofongos [plural]
Rhymes: -onɡo Etymology: Borrowed from Bantu mofongo, more specifically from the Angolan Kikongo term mfwenge-mfwenge, which means “a great amount of anything at all". Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|bnt}} Borrowed from Bantu Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} mofongo m (plural mofongos)
  1. mofongo Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "mofongo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mofongo",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Spanish mofongo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mofongos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "mofongo (countable and uncountable, plural mofongos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed."
      ],
      "id": "en-mofongo-en-noun-OYXcY7J8",
      "links": [
        [
          "Caribbean",
          "Caribbean"
        ],
        [
          "plantain",
          "plantain"
        ],
        [
          "yuca",
          "yuca"
        ],
        [
          "garlic",
          "garlic"
        ],
        [
          "olive oil",
          "olive oil"
        ],
        [
          "crackling",
          "crackling"
        ],
        [
          "mash",
          "mash"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məʊˈfəʊŋɡəʊ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mofongo"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "bnt"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Bantu",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Bantu mofongo, more specifically from the Angolan Kikongo term mfwenge-mfwenge, which means “a great amount of anything at all\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mofongos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mofongo m (plural mofongos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mo‧fon‧go"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mo‧fon‧go"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Undetermined language links",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mofongo"
      ],
      "id": "en-mofongo-es-noun-8q1uhiXh",
      "links": [
        [
          "mofongo",
          "mofongo#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈfonɡo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈfõŋ.ɡo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onɡo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mofongo"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "mofongo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mofongo",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Spanish mofongo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mofongos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "mofongo (countable and uncountable, plural mofongos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "English terms derived from Spanish",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Caribbean",
          "Caribbean"
        ],
        [
          "plantain",
          "plantain"
        ],
        [
          "yuca",
          "yuca"
        ],
        [
          "garlic",
          "garlic"
        ],
        [
          "olive oil",
          "olive oil"
        ],
        [
          "crackling",
          "crackling"
        ],
        [
          "mash",
          "mash"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məʊˈfəʊŋɡəʊ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mofongo"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "bnt"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Bantu",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Bantu mofongo, more specifically from the Angolan Kikongo term mfwenge-mfwenge, which means “a great amount of anything at all\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mofongos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mofongo m (plural mofongos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mo‧fon‧go"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mo‧fon‧go"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/onɡo",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/onɡo/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Bantu languages",
        "Spanish terms derived from Bantu languages",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Undetermined language links"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mofongo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mofongo",
          "mofongo#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈfonɡo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈfõŋ.ɡo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onɡo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mofongo"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mofongo meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.