mocho
Chamicuro edit
Noun edit
mocho
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly from Spanish mocho, which could be from Latin mutilus. Also see Spanish mochuelo (“little owl”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mocho m (plural mochos)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
mocho (feminine mocha, masculine plural mochos, feminine plural mochas)
- (of a horned animal) lacking one of the horns
- mutilated
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References edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably imitative, or possibly from Latin mutilus, cognate with Italian mozzo, Portuguese mocho, French moche.
Adjective edit
mocho (feminine mocha, masculine plural mochos, feminine plural mochas)
- mutilated, incomplete
- hornless (of an animal that ordinarily has horns)
- Synonym: descornado
- Antonym: astado
- (Mexico, slang) having a hypocritical and ostentatious faith
- Synonym: santurrón
- cut very short (of hair, a pencil, etc.)
- bald (with a shaved head) (synonym: calvo)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: motxo
Noun edit
mocho m (plural mochos)
Descendants edit
- → Italian: mocio
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
mocho
Further reading edit
- “mocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References edit
- 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mocho