Etymology

From mugor, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#MUGRIENTO mucor, from Latin muceo, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MUGRIENTO *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”) whence English mucus and mucilage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɡɾjento/ [muˈɣ̞ɾjẽn̪.t̪o]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#MUGRIENTOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#MUGRIENTO
• Rhymes: -entoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ento#MUGRIENTOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ento/3 syllables#MUGRIENTO
• Syllabification: mu‧grien‧to

Adjective

mugriento (feminine mugrienta, masculine plural mugrientos, feminine plural mugrientas)Category:Spanish lemmas#MUGRIENTOCategory:Spanish adjectives#MUGRIENTOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MUGRIENTOCategory:Pages with entries#MUGRIENTOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MUGRIENTO

1. filthy, grimy, grubby

   Synonym: mugroso

Further reading

• “mugriento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025