mimo
Spanish, noun
mimo is spelled M-I-M-O (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,959th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mimo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “caress, cuddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mimar. With an accent, mimó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of mimar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caricia”.
What does mimo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaress, cuddle
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemime, mime artist (an actor or actress who practices mime)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mimar
- 2
first-person singular present indicative of mimir
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of mimar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caricia.
noun: 1. Personaje que utiliza la mímica como medio teatral, o representa una historia a través de gestos faciales o movimientos del cuerpo, sin hacer uso de expresiones verbales.
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 mimo
- mimos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mimo in Spanish?
mimo 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).