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Where does “sanggano” come from?

sanggano (Tagalog) comes from Spanish zángano — drone bee; idler, loafer; sponger, scrounger.

sanggano (Tagalog): idler; sponger; parasite of a man

Definitions

  1. idler; sponger; parasite of a man

Ancestry of “sanggano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishzánganodrone bee; idler, loafer; sponger, scrounger
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