# mendigo

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /mẽ.ˈʤi.gu/ · frequency rank #14,185

## Definitions
1. aquele que vive de pedir esmolas
2. indigente
3. pobre
4. indivíduo sem abrigo

## Easily confused with
- **menino** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mendigo-vs-menino)
- **médio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/medio-vs-mendigo)
- **meigo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/meigo-vs-mendigo)
- **médico** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/medico-vs-mendigo)
- **medido** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/medido-vs-mendigo)
- **mendigar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mendigar-vs-mendigo)

## Common misspellings (10)
`emndigo`, `mednigo`, `menddigo`, `mendgio`, `mendiggo`, `mendiog`, `menidgo`, `menndigo`, `mmendigo`, `mnedigo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/mendigo