charnego
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaɾˈneɡo/
charnego is spelled C-H-A-R-N-E-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charnego is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel or Basque maketo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Inmigrante que procede de otra región de España y no habla catalán”.
What does charnego mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinea person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel or Basque maketo.
- 2
derogatorymasculinea Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inmigrante que procede de otra región de España y no habla catalán.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of charnego
- charnegos plural
- charnega feminine
- charnegas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charnego?
- /t͡ʃaɾˈneɡo/
- [t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɣ̞o]
- [t͡ʃaɾˈneɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is charnego in Spanish?
charnego appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).