fongo

• IPA^(key): /ˈfon.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -onɡo
• Hyphenation: fón‧go

Inherited from Latin fungus.

fongo m (plural fonghi) (Romanesco, archaic)

1. alternative form of fungo (“mushroom”)
2. hat

fongo

1. boil, abscess, bubo

   Synonym: kifongo

Inherited from Latin fungus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhonɡo/

fongo m (plural fongos)

1. mushroom
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 43v:

     Et otroſſi presta mucho cõtral toſſico que uiene departe delos fongos.

     And it is also useful against the poison that comes from mushrooms.

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50v.:

     Et es de natura calient ⁊ humida. Et la ſu forma es atal como fongo, ⁊ dend a ella eſte nombre.

     And it is warm and damp in nature. And its shape is that of a mushroom, thus the name it has been given.

• “hongo”, in Diccionario del español medieval electrónico [Electronic Dictionary of Medieval Spanish] (in Spanish, English, and German), Rostock University and Paderborn University, 2022–present