What does «sungo» mean in Spanish?
- Black, belonging to the black race.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Toasted, blackened by the action of the sun.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Smooth and shiny skin due to the action of the sun. Reminiscent of hairless dogs.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Intestines, viscera of an animal and, by extension, a person. In the singular it is usually liver, used in the plural viscera¹.
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "mi sobrinito ha comido sungo (hígado) de gallina", Misioneros capuchinos ecuatorianos: relatos de las misiones..., Jacinto de Quito - 2002
"Meterle una cuchillada hasta el sungo a una persona es perforarle los intestinos", Anuario de lingüística hispánica - Página 44 - 1992
- Hairless animal, especially pig, cow or dog. By extension, applied to people as well.
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "el perro sungo el que carece de pelo, como los perros chinos".
- (sungo sungo) A monkey with very long lead-colored hair with white ringed spots. It is called chaparro or andaguí.
♦ Used in: Ecuador - (dejar a alguien sungo) Humiliate someone.