mocosuena
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish como (“as”) suena (“it sounds”), with influence from moco (“snot”).
Adverb
editmocosuena
- (Spain, colloquial) by Hobson-Jobson, attending to the sound of words without regard for meaning
Usage notes
edit- The adverb mocosuena is usually used with preceding a, as in "traducir a mocosuena", to translate sound for sound.
It refers, for example, to the manner in which the Spanish word juzgado was once translated into English as hoosegow (for the sound) instead of tribunal (the meaning).
Further reading
edit- “mocosuena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014