Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
mendigo. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
mendigo, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
mendigo in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
mendigo you have here. The definition of the word
mendigo will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
mendigo, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mendigo.
Noun
mendigo (plural mendigos)
- A beggar.
1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch Iglehart, “chapter IX”, in Face to Face with the Mexicans:Sitting complacently upon a broken, fallen column, we beheld an object that filled us with horror—an Indian mendigo, a representation in one, of the ancient Aztec, the pobre Mexicano, and the gentleman of the nineteenth century.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil, colloquial) IPA(key): /mĩ.ˈd͡ʒi.ɡu/
- (Brazil, very colloquial) IPA(key): /mĩ.ˈd͡ʒĩ.ɡu/
- Hyphenation: men‧di‧go
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese mendigo, from Latin mendīcus.
Noun
mendigo m (plural mendigos, feminine mendiga, feminine plural mendigas)
- beggar (person who begs for a living)
- Synonym: pedinte
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mendigo.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mendigo
- first-person singular present indicative of mendigar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /menˈdiɡo/
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: men‧di‧go
Etymology 1
From Latin mendīcus.
Noun
mendigo m (plural mendigos, feminine mendiga, feminine plural mendigas)
- beggar (person who begs for a living)
- Synonym: limosnero
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
mendigo
- first-person singular present indicative of mendigar
Further reading