mercenario
Spanish, noun/meɾθeˈnaɾjo/
mercenario is spelled M-E-R-C-E-N-A-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,959th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercenario is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mercenary (hired or contracted fighter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Soldado que sirve en la guerra a un país extranjero, a cambio de un salario”.
What does mercenario mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hired
noun
- 1
masculinemercenary (hired or contracted fighter)
- 2
masculinemoneygrubber
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldado que sirve en la guerra a un país extranjero, a cambio de un salario.
adjective: 1. Propio o relativo a los mercenarios₁. 2. Mercedario. 3. Que realiza un trabajo sólo por el dinero o beneficio propio que pueda obtener.
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 mercenario
- mercenaria feminine
- mercenarios masculine plural
- mercenarias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercenario?
- /meɾθeˈnaɾjo/
- [meɾ.θeˈna.ɾjo]
- /meɾseˈnaɾjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercenario
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mercenario in Spanish?
mercenario appears 1.9 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).