What does «casanga» mean in Spanish?
- Wedding, marriage.
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "la casanga mía ha de ser muy difícil".
- A sweet made at the weddings of Colombian peasants; it is made with brevas, green papaya and lemons soaked in syrup or cane honey.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Native of the Casanga region, with unclear boundaries, in West Africa, which includes, according to the source consulted, present-day Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Nigeria; some bibliographies include Angola (the Kasembos region), although this is unlikely or they refer to another ethnic group with the same name. The region was famous for being a source of slaves. The cazanga lived on the banks of the Cazamancia River, near the Gambia and Santo Domingo rivers. After their capture, they were sold in the port of Cacheu, in what is now the Republic of Guinea Bissau. Also the name of the language spoken by this ethnic group.
Examples of use in Spanish: "esclavos de la nación casanga".
"los casangas eran llevados al Caribe como esclavos".
♦ Variantes: cazanga, kasanga.
- Food, party or hustle and bustle.
♦ Used in: Honduras - Common name for several species of parrots of Panama, usually green and presenting colors such as red, blue and yellow. For example, the Pionus menstruus.
♦ Used in: Panama
Examples of use in Spanish: "el loro casanga de cabeza azul", "cazanga de cabeza blanca".
- Country food composed of azote or chiverre cooked with milk.
- A type of long-handled machete, usually curved, used for weeding and cutting grass on the fly in meadows. Casaguear is weeding using this machete.
♦ Used in: Mexico
Examples of use in Spanish: "limpia con cazanga los callejones eliminando la maleza crecida".
"talando matorrales con una cazanga".
- Name of an insect, better known as cigar weevil, gualpa or black palm weevil (because of its long beak). Scientific name: Rhynchophorus palmarum. It is a polyphagous coleopteran of the Curculionidae family native to tropical America. Also known as stalk borer, it is a pest of sugarcane, corn and other crops. It often carries diseases to plants.
Examples of use in Spanish: "el cocotero y algunas veces la palma africana tiene como principal enemigo la casanga o gualpa".
"La hembra casanga deposita los huevos en las axilas de las hojas y otras partes tiernas y también sobre las heridas del tronco".
- (Casanga) Valley and church in the Paltas canton, Loja province, Ecuador.