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palangana

Spanish, noun/palanˈɡana/

palangana is spelled P-A-L-A-N-G-A-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palangana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “basin, washbowl, vat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vasija baja y ancha usada para lavar o lavarse”.

What does palangana mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebasin, washbowl, vat

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vasija baja y ancha usada para lavar o lavarse. 2. Individuo descarado y hablador que se mete a hablar indebidamente entre personas de respeto.

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 palangana

  • palanganas plural

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

How do you pronounce palangana?

  • /palanˈɡana/
  • [pa.lãŋˈɡa.na]
  • [palãŋˈgana]

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

English words that translate to palangana

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

How common is palangana in Spanish?

palangana appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

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

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