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mendigo

Spanish, noun

mendigo is spelled M-E-N-D-I-G-O (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mendigo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “beggar (person who begs for a living)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mendigar. With an accent, méndigo is a different word: “despicable person”. With an accent, mendigó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of mendigar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que se dedica a pedir limosna o dádivas”.

What does mendigo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebeggar (person who begs for a living)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of mendigar

noun

as méndigo
  1. 1

    Mexicocolloquialderogatorymasculinevulgardespicable person

adjective

as méndigo
  1. 1

    Mexicocolloquialderogatoryvulgardamned, fucking

verb

as mendigó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of mendigar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Persona que se dedica a pedir limosna o dádivas. 2. En sentido figurado, persona que ruega a otra por amor, cariño, atención o sexo. 3. Nombre que tomaron los confederados flamencos que se alzaron contra el edicto que publicó Felipe II mandando exterminar a los herejes de los Países Bajos.

adjective: 1. Que es mezquino o vil.

noun: 1. Persona que se dedica a pedir limosna o dádivas.

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 mendigo

  • mendigos plural
  • mendiga feminine
  • mendigas feminine plural
  • méndigos plural
  • méndiga feminine
  • méndigas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mendigo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mendigo in Spanish?

mendigo appears 2.1 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).

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