mochila

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mochila. Doublet of macheer.

Noun

mochila (plural mochilas)

1. (US, especially Western US) A large leather flap that covers the saddle tree.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mochila”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Asturian

Noun

mochila f (plural mochiles)

1. backpack (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mochila, from mochil (“messenger, letter carrier”), from Basque motxil, diminutive form of motil (“boy”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈʃi.lɐ/, /moˈʃi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈʃi.lɐ/, /moˈʃi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈʃi.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈʃi.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈʃi.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈt͡ʃi.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: mo‧chi‧la

Noun

mochila f (plural mochilas)

1. backpack

   Synonym: (Mozambique) sacudu

Spanish

Etymology

From mochil (“errand boy”), borrowed from Basque motxil, diminutive form of motil, mutil (“boy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈt͡ʃila/ [moˈt͡ʃi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: mo‧chi‧la

Noun

mochila f (plural mochilas)

1. backpack
2. schoolbag
3. satchel
4. mochila, saddle-cover

Derived terms

• mochilero (“backpacker”)

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: mochila

Further reading

• “mochila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014