menguante
Spanish, adjective/menˈɡwante/
menguante is spelled M-E-N-G-U-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,132nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menguante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “decreasing, diminishing, waning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que mengua”.
What does menguante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedecreasing, diminishing, waning
luna menguante
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que mengua.
noun: 1. Mengua y escasez que padecen los ríos o arroyos por el calor o sequedad. 2. Descenso del agua del mar por efecto de la marea. 3. Tiempo que dura esta menguante₃. 4. Decadencia o mengua de algo.
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 menguante
- menguantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menguante?
- /menˈɡwante/
- [mẽŋˈɡwãn̪.t̪e]
- [mẽŋˈgwãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menguante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menguante in Spanish?
menguante appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).