monito
Spanish, noun/moˈnito/
monito is spelled M-O-N-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “diminutive of mono” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pajarita, corbata que se anuda por delante en forma de lazo”.
What does monito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of mono
adjective
- 1
diminutive of mono
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pajarita, corbata que se anuda por delante en forma de lazo. 2. Fideo hecho con una masa rectangular de 45 mm por 25 mm aproximadamente, que obtiene su forma característica presionando sus lados largos a la altura de la mitad, de manera que se unan.
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 monito
- monitos plural
- monita feminine
- monitas feminine plural
- moñitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monito?
- /moˈnito/
- [moˈni.t̪o]
- [moˈɲit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is monito in Spanish?
monito appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).