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{{also|MONGO|Mongo|möngö|môngò}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
{{unk|en}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|New York City}} Still-usable things [[salvage]]d (by [[sanman|sanmen]]) from [[garbage]]. {{defdate|since the 1970s or 80s}}
#* '''1984''', [NYC] ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=dHXe3jcRm9IC Issue]'' 1-6, page 51:
#*: The old room was furnished in "mongo," Sanit lingo for stuff picked out of the garbage. Mongo-picking, Ukeles explained, "is against the law. The garbage belongs to the City. But until a recent rehabilitation program, which is the first since the Depression, the Sanmen never had their own furnishings.” Prior to the show, the Sanmen voted on the worst facilities in the system and Ukeles selected the exhibition '''mongo''' from them—shabby, broken-down furniture, walls cluttered with cheap {{...}}
#* '''2006''', ''Fine Books & Collections'', volume 4, page 56, reviewing ''MONGO: Adventures in Trash'' by Ted Botha (2004):
#*: [Mongo] refers to trash, or more specifically, to treasure found in trash: books, artifacts, furniture, even food. Ted Botha's book explores a whole culture, and various subcultures, that revolve around '''mongo'''. Those obsessed with '''mongo''' often live on the margins, {{...}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Robin Nagle|title=Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks|isbn=1466836733
|passage=Loading out on house-to-house can take many hours, but such routes have other perks, especially for someone who likes to mongo. As a noun, “mongo” is Sanitation slang for treasure salvaged from the trash, with an understanding that the definition of “treasure” is both broad and personal. As a verb, “to mongo” is to look for and rescue such wealth. Sal Federici didn't mongo, but he tolerated his partner's predilection for it. Ray Kurtz was not the district's acknowledged '''mongo''' king, {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|skateboarding}} A manner of [[push]]ing oneself on a [[skateboard]] with one's [[front]] [[foot]] as opposed to one's [[back]] foot.
#: {{coi|en|push '''mongo'''}}

====Further reading====
* ''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang'' <!--claims it was not coined until the 1980s-->

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{en-noun|s}}

# {{clip of|en|mongoloid}}

===Etymology 3===
{{bor+|en|es|mungo}}. Compare {{cog|tl|monggo}} / {{m|tl|munggo}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|Philippines}} [[mung bean]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|red mongo}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=gmnoo|moong}}

==Chuukese==

===Verb===
{{head|chk|verb}}

# to [[eat]]

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
Ultimately from {{der|fi|mn|мөнгө}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[möngö]] {{gloss|one 100th of tugrik, the currency of Mongolia}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-valo|mong|||o|a}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|mòngo}}

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|it|mn|мөнгө}}.

====Noun====
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# [[möngö]] {{gloss|one hundredth of a tugrik}}

===Etymology 2===
Probably of {{der|it|bnt|-}} origin.

====Adjective====
{{it-adj|inv=1}}

# of or pertaining to the {{w|Mongo people}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|mfbysense|#}}

# one who is part of the Mongo people

====Noun====
{{it-noun|m|-}}

# [[Mongo]] {{gloss|Bantu language}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:it:Olivetti}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=gmnoo|gnomo}}

{{C|it|Currency}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{clipping|pt|mongoloide}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{hyph|pt|mon|go}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|f=+}}

# {{lb|pt|slang}} [[idiot]]

===Adjective===
{{pt-adj}}

# {{lb|pt|slang|pejorative}} [[idiot]]; [[fool]]; [[retarded]]

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|de|Mongo}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|m|mongos}}

# [[möngö]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-m|pl=mongos}}

===References===
* {{R:MDA2}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|f=+}}

# {{lb|es|colloquial|Chile|Cuba}} [[idiot]]

===Adjective===
{{es-adj}}

# {{lb|es|colloquial|Chile|Cuba}} [[idiotic]]
#: {{syn|es|tonto|necio}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
{{clipping|sv|mongoloid}}. Compare {{cog|de|Mongo}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/ˈmɔŋɡʊ/}}
* {{rhymes|sv|¹ɔŋɡʊ|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|sv|mon|go}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# {{lb|sv|slang|offensive}} a person with [[Down's syndrome]] (or often a (congenital and) clearly noticeable disorder more generally)
# {{senseid|sv|idiot}} {{lb|sv|slang|possibly|offensive}} an [[idiot]] and/or [[weirdo]]
#: {{syn|sv|cp|idiot}}

====Usage notes====
Less associated with its etymology compared to {{m|sv|cp}} and consequently less likely to offend in ({{senseno|sv|idiot}}) (though ''cp'' is often fairly detached from its etymology as well).

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-n}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|kioskmongo}}

===Adjective===
{{sv-adj|peri}}

# {{lb|sv|slang}} [[idiotic]], [[stupid]]