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mofongo

/məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
mo-fon-go
IPA
/məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mofongo.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mofongos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mofongo?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈfɒŋɡəʊ/.
What does mofongo mean?
A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.
Where does mofongo come from?
Borrowed from Spanish mofongo.

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