mendigo
Portuguese, noun/mẽˈd͡ʒi.ɡu/
mendigo is spelled M-E-N-D-I-G-O (7 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mendigo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “beggar (person who begs for a living)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mendigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que vive de pedir esmolas”.
What does mendigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeggar (person who begs for a living)
- 2
masculinea homeless person
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mendigar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que vive de pedir esmolas 2. indigente 3. pobre 4. indivíduo sem abrigo
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 mendigo
- mendigos plural
- mendiga feminine
- mendigas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mendigo?
- Brazil /mẽˈd͡ʒi.ɡu/
- Brazil /mĩˈd͡ʒi.ɡu/
- Brazil /mĩˈd͡ʒĩ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mendigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mendigo in Portuguese?
mendigo appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).