malanga
Portuguese, noun/maˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/
malanga is spelled M-A-L-A-N-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malanga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “any of several arum family plants grown for their edible tubers: taro, malanga, eddo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does malanga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany of several arum family plants grown for their edible tubers: taro, malanga, eddo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of malanga
- malangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malanga?
- Brazil /maˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malanga in Portuguese?
malanga appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).