mangosta
Spanish, noun/manˈɡosta/
mangosta is spelled M-A-N-G-O-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mangosta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mongoose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mamífero carnívoro de Asia y América. Este animal ataca a las serpientes, incluso las venenosas”.
What does mangosta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemongoose
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mamífero carnívoro de Asia y América. Este animal ataca a las serpientes, incluso las venenosas.
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 mangosta
- mangostas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mangosta?
- /manˈɡosta/
- [mãŋˈɡos.t̪a]
- [mãŋˈgost̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mangosta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mangosta in Spanish?
mangosta appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).