fango

Borrowed from Italian fango, perhaps from Catalan fang, or perhaps from a Germanic language.[1]

fango (uncountable)

1. Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.

• ganof

Borrowed from Italian fango and Spanish fango. Contrast Esperanto koto.

fango (plural fangi)

1. mud, mire

Of Germanic origin, from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰 (fanga, “mud, addle, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *fangō (“wetness, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *penk- (“mud, rot, filth”). Cognate with French fange (“mud, mire”) (from Germanic), German feucht (“moist, damp”), Dutch vocht (“moisture, humidity”), Old English fūht (“moist, damp”), Swedish fukt (“moisture, humidity”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaŋɡo/
• Rhymes: -anɡo

fango m (plural fanghi)

1. mud
2. (mining industry) sludge

• infangare

• fangoso

• fogna

• fango in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Catalan fang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfanɡo/, [ˈfãŋɡo]

fango m (plural fangos)

1. mud (soil and water)

   Synonyms: barro, lodo