mengano
Spanish, noun/menˈɡano/
mengano is spelled M-E-N-G-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mengano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “what's-his-name; so-and-so” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Designa a una persona indeterminada, real o supuesta, o cuyo nombre se ignora o no se quiere expresar”.
What does mengano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhat's-his-name; so-and-so
fulano, mengano y zutano
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Designa a una persona indeterminada, real o supuesta, o cuyo nombre se ignora o no se quiere expresar.
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 mengano
- menganos plural
- mengana feminine
- menganas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mengano?
- /menˈɡano/
- [mẽŋˈɡa.no]
- [mẽŋˈgano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mengano in Spanish?
mengano 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).