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”). Compare Galician moucho.

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 (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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