mentecato
Spanish, adjective/menteˈkato/
mentecato is a Spanish adjective meaning “crazy, insane, mad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De escaso juicio, inteligencia o entendimiento, tonto”.
What does mentecato mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crazy, insane, mad
- 2
half-witted, foolish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De escaso juicio, inteligencia o entendimiento, tonto.
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 mentecato
- mentecata feminine
- mentecatos masculine plural
- mentecatas feminine plural
- mentecapto alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentecato?
- /menteˈkato/
- [mẽn̪.t̪eˈka.t̪o]
- [mẽn̪t̪eˈkat̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mentecato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mentecato in Spanish?
mentecato 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).