mendrugo
Spanish, noun/menˈdɾuɡo/
mendrugo is spelled M-E-N-D-R-U-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 97,136th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mendrugo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stale bread; breadcrust (particularly the heel of a loaf)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedazo de pan duro o desechado, y especialmente el sobrante que se suele dar a los mendigos”.
What does mendrugo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestale bread; breadcrust (particularly the heel of a loaf)
- 2
Spaincolloquialmasculinestupid or rude person
Near-synonyms: tonto, zoquete, zopenco, ceporro, tarugo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pedazo de pan duro o desechado, y especialmente el sobrante que se suele dar a los mendigos.
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 mendrugo
- mendrugos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mendrugo?
- /menˈdɾuɡo/
- [mẽn̪ˈd̪ɾu.ɣ̞o]
- [mẽn̪ˈd̪ɾuɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mendrugo in Spanish?
mendrugo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).