mendigar
Spanish, verb/mendiˈɡaɾ/
mendigar is spelled M-E-N-D-I-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mendigar is a Spanish verb meaning “to beg, panhandle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedir limosna de puerta en puerta”.
What does mendigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beg, panhandle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pedir limosna de puerta en puerta. 2. Solicitar el favor de uno con importunidad y hasta con humillación.
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 mendigar
- mendigo first-person present singular
- mendigué first-person preterite singular
- mendigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- mendigando gerund
- mendigada feminine participle past
- mendigados masculine participle past
- mendigadas feminine participle past
- mendigas indicative informal present
- mendigás indicative informal present
- mendiga indicative present singular
- mendigamos first-person indicative plural
- mendigáis indicative plural present
- mendigan indicative plural present
- mendigaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mendigabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mendigábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mendigabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mendigar?
- /mendiˈɡaɾ/
- [mẽn̪.d̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [mẽn̪d̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mendigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mendigar in Spanish?
mendigar appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).