mentecapto
Portuguese, noun/mẽ.teˈkap.tu/
mentecapto is spelled M-E-N-T-E-C-A-P-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mentecapto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a madman or crazy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa mentecapta”.
What does mentecapto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatorycrazy, insane
- 2
derogatoryignorant, imbecilic
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinea madman or crazy person
- 2
derogatorymasculinean imbecile
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. alienado, louco 2. ignorante, néscio
noun: 1. pessoa mentecapta
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 mentecapto
- mentecapta feminine
- mentecaptos masculine plural
- mentecaptas feminine plural
- mentecato alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentecapto?
- Brazil /mẽ.teˈkap.tu/
- Portugal /mẽ.tɨˈkap.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mentecapto in Portuguese?
mentecapto appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).