mocho

Chamicuro

Noun

mocho

1. navel

Portuguese

Mocho (Athene noctua)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.t͡ʃu/

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

Noun

mocho m (plural mochos)

1. owl, little owl

Derived terms

• mocho-d'orelhas
• mocho-galego
• mocho-pequeno

 

Adjective

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

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

See also

• bufo
• coruja

References

• “mocho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmot͡ʃo/ [ˈmo.t͡ʃo]
• 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)

Related terms

• desmochar
• mocha
• mochar
• mochuelo

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: motxo

Noun

mocho m (plural mochos)

1. mop

   Synonym: fregona

Descendants

• → Italian: mocio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mocho

1. first-person singular present indicative of mochar

Further reading

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

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