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funge
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “funge” mean?
cassava or corn porridge, the staple
Example
“Hoje há funge com peixe.”
Today there's funge with fish.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: papa de mandioca
Heard in a conversation
Fish for the family dinner
Kiluanji Ya, a kota da esquina tem sempre peixe fresco.
Yeah, the older lady on the corner always has fresh fish.
Luzia E para o funge, ainda temos fuba em casa?
And for the funge, do we still have flour at home?
Kiluanji Acho que sim. O mambo é o kumbú: só tenho mil kwanzas.
I think so. The thing is money: I've only got a thousand kwanzas.
More from Angola
- muamba de galinhachicken stew in palm oil
- caluludried fish and vegetable stew
- kissânguafermented corn drink
- gingubapeanuts
- bombódried cassava (often roasted with peanuts)
- lambãogreedy (about food)
- buéa lot, very
- kambafriend, buddy
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