ñengo
Spanish, noun/ˈɲenɡo/
ñengo is spelled Ñ-E-N-G-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 150,504th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ñengo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sickly, stunted, or weak person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ñengo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Mexicocolloquialsickly, stunted, weak
noun
- 1
Mexicocolloquialmasculinesickly, stunted, or weak person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De escasa fuerza y vigor. 2. Excremento en forma larga y dura.
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 ñengo
- ñenga feminine
- ñengos masculine plural
- ñengas feminine plural
- ñango alternative Mexico
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ñengo?
- /ˈɲenɡo/
- [ˈɲẽŋ.ɡo]
- [ˈɲẽŋgo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ñengo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ñengo in Spanish?
ñengo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).