mugriento

Spanish

Etymology

From mugor, from Latin mucor, from Latin muceo, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”) whence English mucus and mucilage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɡɾjento/ [muˈɣ̞ɾjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: mu‧grien‧to

Adjective

mugriento (feminine mugrienta, masculine plural mugrientos, feminine plural mugrientas)

1. filthy, grimy, grubby

   Synonym: mugroso

Related terms

• mugor
• mugre

Further reading

• “mugriento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10