chungungo
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃunˈɡunɡo/
chungungo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “marine otter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de nutria que habita en la costa pacífica sudamericana. Es la especie más pequeña del género Lontra…”.
What does chungungo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarine otter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie de nutria que habita en la costa pacífica sudamericana. Es la especie más pequeña del género Lontra, y la única que es marina dentro de dicho género.
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 chungungo
- chungungos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chungungo?
- /t͡ʃunˈɡunɡo/
- [t͡ʃũŋˈɡũŋ.ɡo]
- [t͡ʃũŋˈgũŋgo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chungungo in Spanish?
chungungo appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).