menudencia
Spanish, noun/menuˈdenθja/
menudencia is spelled M-E-N-U-D-E-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menudencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “trifle; worthless thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pequeñez de una cosa”.
What does menudencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrifle; worthless thing
- 2
femininesmallness; tininess
- 3
feminineminuteness; exactness; meticulousness
- 4
feminineoffal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pequeñez de una cosa. 2. Exactitud, esmero y escrupulosidad con que se considera y reconoce una cosa, sin perdonar lo más menudo y leve. 3. Cosa de poco aprecio y estimación, y de que no se debe hacer caso.
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 menudencia
- menudencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menudencia?
- /menuˈdenθja/
- [me.nuˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]
- /menuˈdensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menudencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menudencia in Spanish?
menudencia appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).