mondongo
Portuguese, noun/mõˈdõ.ɡu/
mondongo is spelled M-O-N-D-O-N-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mondongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tripe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intestinos miúdos de alguns animais”.
What does mondongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetripe
- 2
masculinetripes and paunch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. intestinos miúdos de alguns animais 2. indivíduo desmazelado e sujo 3. pântano lamacento 4. prato à base de tripas moídas e ensopadas semelhante à dobradinha
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 mondongo
- mondongos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mondongo?
- Brazil /mõˈdõ.ɡu/
- Portugal /mõˈdõ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mondongo in Portuguese?
mondongo appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).