mendicante
Portuguese, adjective/mẽ.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
mendicante is spelled M-E-N-D-I-C-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 154,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mendicante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “mendicant (depending on alms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que mendiga, que pede esmola”.
What does mendicante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemendicant (depending on alms)
- 2
femininemasculinemendicant (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que mendiga, que pede esmola 2. que, por voto de pobreza, depende da caridade alheia (diz-se de ordem religiosa) 3. que não trabalha, não tem ocupação; ocioso, vadio
noun: 1. aquele que é mendicante
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mendicante
- mendicantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mendicante?
- Brazil /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mẽ.diˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /mẽ.di.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mendicante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mendicante in Portuguese?
mendicante appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).