menudo
Spanish, noun/meˈnudo/
menudo is spelled M-E-N-U-D-O (6 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,446th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menudo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de los estómagos de la res, picados y preparados de diversas maneras para el consumo humano”.
What does menudo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun)
¡Menuda casa de lujo!
- 2
small, tiny
- 3
insignificant
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinea traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe
- 2
Mexicomasculinetripes (used as food)
- 3
masculinemoney, usually a singular unit (dollar or peso)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De tamaño reducido o delgado. 2. Intensificador, seguido de un sustantivo. La intensificación puede ser tanto positiva como negativa, con sentidos tales como "grande, complicado, impresionante, poco común".
noun: 1. Parte de los estómagos de la res, picados y preparados de diversas maneras para el consumo humano. 2. Plato de garbanzos con callos, preparado con variaciones regionales en Cádiz, Sevilla, México y Filipinas. 3. conjunto de monedas de poco valor
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 menudo
- menuda feminine
- menudos masculine plural
- menudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menudo?
- /meˈnudo/
- [meˈnu.ð̞o]
- [meˈnuð̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menudo in Spanish?
menudo appears 60 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).