mudo
Spanish, noun
mudo is spelled M-U-D-O (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mudo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mute (a person who does not have the power of speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mudar. With an accent, mudó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of mudar”.
What does mudo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mute, dumb (not having the power of speech)
- 2
silent, speechless (not speaking)
cine mudo
- 3
being a water sign
- 4
plosive
- 5
silent (not pronounced)
h muda
noun
- 1
masculinemute (a person who does not have the power of speech)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mudar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of mudar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no habla o que no puede hablar, de manera permanente o temporal. 2. Que no emite sonido alguno, de manera permanente, habitual o temporal. 3. Se dice de una letra que no representa ningún sonido o fonema. 4. Se dice de un sonido o fonema que no incluye voz, como los oclusivos.
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 mudo
- muda feminine
- mudos masculine plural
- mudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mudo in Spanish?
mudo appears 5.9 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).