monaguillo
Spanish, noun/monaˈɡiʝo/
monaguillo is spelled M-O-N-A-G-U-I-L-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monaguillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of monacillo (“altar boy, acolyte”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Monjecillo que servía en los monasterios”.
What does monaguillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of monacillo (“altar boy, acolyte”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monjecillo que servía en los monasterios 2. Niño que ayuda a misa y presta otros servicios en las iglesias.
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 monaguillo
- monaguillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monaguillo?
- /monaˈɡiʝo/
- [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʝo]
- [monaˈɣ̞iʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is monaguillo in Spanish?
monaguillo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).