See also: Mozo, mōzõ, možo, and móžo

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish mozo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈməʊzəʊ/, /ˈmoθo/

Noun

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mozo (plural mozos)

  1. A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.
    • 1931, Hart Crane, letter, 2 June:
      I found, by advice, that single mozos weren't apt to be much good.
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:
      When he rode up to the gerente’s house that morning he was accompanied by four friends and by a retinue of mozos and two packanimals saddled with hardwood kiacks, one empty, the other carrying their noon provisions.
  2. A title of respect for a young man (usually unmarried) with or without a name used. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  3. An unmarried man, a boy. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoθo/, [ˈmo.θo]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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mozo

  1. neuter of mozu

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moço, Asturian mozu, and Spanish mozo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoθo̝/, (western) /ˈmoso̝/

Noun

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mozo m (plural mozos, feminine moza, feminine plural mozas)

  1. boy; teenager; young man; single man
    Synonyms: homiño, rapaz
  2. boyfriend
    Synonym: noivo
    Xa é unha mulleriña; mesmo botou mozo.
    She's already a young lady; she even has a boyfriend now.
  3. (archaic) junior (person that is younger than other person)
    • 1485, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada: Edicións do Castro, page 709:
      Vasco d'Oseve o mozo, fillo de Vasco d'Oseve o vello
      Vasco de Oseve junior, son of Vasco de Oseve senior

Derived terms

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Adjective

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mozo (feminine moza, masculine plural mozos, feminine plural mozas)

  1. young; younger
    Alá foron os anos mozos!
    The young years are over!

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Potawatomi

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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mozo

  1. moose

Inflection

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain, probably ultimately identical with muchacho (cf. mocho), or from Latin musteus (must-like, of new wine, fresh), from musteum, from mustum. Other theories include a pre-Roman origin. Compare Portuguese moço, Galician mozo, Asturian mozu. Cf. also Catalan mosso (taken from Spanish) and motxo. There may alternatively be a link to Italian mozzo (cut off, docked), French mousse (blunt), or Basque motz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈmoθo/ [ˈmo.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈmoso/ [ˈmo.so]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oθo
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: mo‧zo

Noun

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mozo m (plural mozos, feminine moza, feminine plural mozas)

  1. boy, lad, young man, youth
  2. servant, helper, steward, manservant
    Synonyms: sirviente, ayudante
  3. (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru) waiter, server
    Synonym: camarero
  4. cat, tomcat
    Synonym: gato

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: mosso
  • Italian: mozzo
  • Yosondúa Mixtec: musu

Adjective

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mozo (feminine moza, masculine plural mozos, feminine plural mozas)

  1. young, youthful
    Synonyms: juvenil, joven
  2. unmarried
    Synonym: soltero

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