mandilón
Spanish, noun/mandiˈlon/
mandilón is spelled M-A-N-D-I-L-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandilón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “henpecked husband (powerless married man) (man who complies with every desire of his partner in order to avoid conflict)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hombre sumiso a su pareja, o más raramente a otro miembro femenino de su familia”.
What does mandilón mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculineslanghenpecked husband (powerless married man) (man who complies with every desire of his partner in order to avoid conflict)
- 2
masculinecoward, weakling
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hombre sumiso a su pareja, o más raramente a otro miembro femenino de su familia.
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 mandilón
- mandilones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandilón?
- /mandiˈlon/
- [mãn̪.d̪iˈlõn]
- [mãn̪d̪iˈlõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mandilón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandilón in Spanish?
mandilón appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).