chimango
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiˈmanɡo/
chimango is spelled C-H-I-M-A-N-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chimango is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chimango caracara (Daptrius chimango)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Milvago chimango) Ave de rapiña de la familia de los halcones, nativa del continente americano, donde habita…”.
What does chimango mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechimango caracara (Daptrius chimango)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Milvago chimango) Ave de rapiña de la familia de los halcones, nativa del continente americano, donde habita matorrales y praderas, aunque no desdeña la ciudad. Es de color acanelado, con alas oscuras con franjas blancas en las rémiges, partes inferiores más claras y el pecho café rojizo. Alcanza los 40 cm de largo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chimango
- chimangos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chimango?
- /t͡ʃiˈmanɡo/
- [t͡ʃiˈmãŋ.ɡo]
- [t͡ʃiˈmãŋgo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chimango in Spanish?
chimango appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).