mocorongo
Portuguese, noun/mo.koˈɾõ.ɡu/
mocorongo is spelled M-O-C-O-R-O-N-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mocorongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stupid person; idiot; fool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caipira”.
What does mocorongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinestupid person; idiot; fool
Ele é um mocorongo, não sabe nada de nada.
adjective
- 1
colloquialstupid; foolish; silly
Essa ideia é mocoronga.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caipira 2. indivíduo desajeitado, mal-arrumado 3. pessoa burra
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 mocorongo
- mocorongos plural
- mocoronga feminine
- mocorongas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mocorongo?
- Brazil /mo.koˈɾõ.ɡu/
- Portugal /mu.kuˈɾõ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mocorongo in Portuguese?
mocorongo appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).