mongo
Portuguese, noun/ˈmõ.ɡu/
mongo is spelled M-O-N-G-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que apresenta alguma limitação mental ou cognitiva”.
What does mongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangidiot
adjective
- 1
derogatoryslangidiot; fool; retarded
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que apresenta alguma limitação mental ou cognitiva
noun: 1. espécie de pinhão retirado do fruto do canhoeiro, do qual se extrai substância leitosa usada como molho
noun: 1. designação genérica de algumas espécies passeriformes, da família dos piprídeos
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 mongo
- mongos plural
- monga feminine
- mongas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mongo?
- Brazil /ˈmõ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈmõ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mongo in Portuguese?
mongo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).