mocho

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Chamicuro

Noun

mocho

  1. navel

Portuguese

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Mocho (Athene noctua)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Spanish mocho, which could be from Latin mutilus. Also see Spanish mochuelo (“little owl”). Compare Galician moucho.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -oʃu, (Northern Portugal) -ot͡ʃu
  • Hyphenation: mo‧cho

Noun

mocho m (plural mochos)

  1. owl, little owl

Derived terms

Adjective

mocho (feminine mocha, masculine plural mochos, feminine plural mochas)

  1. (of a horned animal) lacking one of the horns
  2. mutilated

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References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmot͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -otʃo
  • Syllabification: mo‧cho

Etymology 1

Probably imitative, or possibly from Latin mutilus, cognate with Italian mozzo, Portuguese mocho, French moche.

Adjective

mocho (feminine mocha, masculine plural mochos, feminine plural mochas)

  1. mutilated, incomplete
    Synonym: trunco
    Antonyms: completo, entero
  2. hornless (of an animal that ordinarily has horns)
    Synonym: descornado
    Antonym: astado
  3. (Mexico, slang) having a hypocritical and ostentatious faith
    Synonym: santurrón
  4. cut very short (of hair, a pencil, etc.)
  5. bald (with a shaved head) (synonym: calvo)
Descendants
  • → Catalan: motxo

Noun

mocho m (plural mochos)

  1. mop
    Synonym: fregona
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mocho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mochar

Further reading

References

  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔxɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔxɔ
  • Syllabification: mo‧cho

Noun

mocho

  1. vocative singular of moch
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