fango
/ˈfæŋɡoʊ̯/noun
fango is a noun meaning “Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-N-G-O and has one syllable (fango), and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fango mean?
noun
- 1
Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fango?
- UK /ˈfæŋɡəʊ̯/
- UK /ˈfæŋɡɵ̞ʊ̯/
- US /ˈfæŋɡoʊ̯/
Fango has one syllable, split fango in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fango.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is fango?
Fango appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fango come from?
Borrowed from Italian fango (“mud”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).