hongo
Spanish, noun/ˈonɡo/
hongo is spelled H-O-N-G-O (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hongo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fungus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sombrero de fieltro o de piel de castor y de copa aovada o chata”.
What does hongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefungus
- 2
masculinebowler hat, derby
- 3
Latin-Americamasculinemushroom
- 4
masculineglobular buildup of carbon on the end of a wick
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Reinos Fungi y Chromista) Cualquiera de los organismos heterótrofos que digieren su alimento externamente, absorbiendo luego los nutrientes en sus células. Son incapaces de fijar el carbono por sí mismos, y poseen paredes celulares quitinosas. Clasificados antiguamente como vegetales. Su tamaño varía de lo microscópico a lo macroscópico; su reproducción es generalmente por esporas. Al carecer de 2. Sombrero de fieltro o de piel de castor y de copa aovada o chata. 3. Seta (hongo con sombrero). 4. Moho.
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 hongo
- hongos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hongo?
- /ˈonɡo/
- [ˈõŋ.ɡo]
- [ˈõŋgo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hongo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hongo in Spanish?
hongo appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).