modorro
Spanish, adjective
modorro is spelled M-O-D-O-R-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modorro is a Spanish masculine adjective meaning “clumsy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of modorrar. With an accent, modorró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of modorrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que padece el accidente de modorra”.
What does modorro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Spaincolloquialmasculineclumsy
- 2
Spaincolloquialmasculinesleepy, drowsy
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of modorrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of modorrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que padece el accidente de modorra. 2. Se dice del operario que se ha azogado en las minas. 3. Dícese de la fruta que pierde el color y empieza a fermentar. 4. Inadvertido, ignorante, que no hace distinción de las cosas.
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 modorro
- modorros plural
- modorra feminine
- modorras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to modorro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modorro in Spanish?
modorro appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).