mendicante
Spanish, noun/mendiˈkante/
mendicante is spelled M-E-N-D-I-C-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 142,722nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mendicante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mendicant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mendicante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemendicant (depending on alms)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemendicant
- 2
femininemasculinebeggar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que mendiga o pide limosna de puerta en puerta. 2. Se dice de las religiones que tiene por instituto pedir limosna y de las que por privilegio gozan de sus inmunidades.
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 mendicante
- mendicantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mendicante?
- /mendiˈkante/
- [mẽn̪.d̪iˈkãn̪.t̪e]
- [mẽn̪d̪iˈkãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mendicante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mendicante in Spanish?
mendicante appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).