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gangoso

Spanish, adjective/ɡanˈɡoso/

gangoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “nasal, that speaks nasally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que ganguea, hablando con un eco en la nariz”.

What does gangoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    nasal, that speaks nasally

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que ganguea, hablando con un eco en la nariz. 2. Se dice de un sonido poco claro o duplicado, como el de la voz al ganguear.

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 gangoso

  • gangosa feminine
  • gangosos masculine plural
  • gangosas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gangoso?

  • /ɡanˈɡoso/
  • [ɡãŋˈɡo.so]
  • [gãŋˈgoso]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gangoso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gangoso in Spanish?

gangoso appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).