murcho

Galician

Alternative forms

• mucho, muscho

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *mustidus (“wet”), from Latin mustum (“unfermented wine”) and related to muscum (“moss”); from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”). Cognate with Portuguese murcho, Spanish mustio, and Old Occitan moste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾt͡ʃo̝/

Adjective

murcho (feminine murcha, masculine plural murchos, feminine plural murchas)

1. wilted, withered

Derived terms

• murchar

Related terms

• moucho (“sad”)
• mucio
• murcio

References

• “murcho”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “murcho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “murcho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “murcho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuʁ.ʃu/ [ˈmuh.ʃu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuʁ.ʃu/ [ˈmuh.ʃu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾ.ʃu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmuʁ.ʃu/ [ˈmuχ.ʃu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmuɻ.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾ.ʃu/

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

• Hyphenation: mur‧cho

Etymology 1

Probably from Vulgar Latin *mustidus (“wet”), from Latin mustum (“unfermented wine”) and related to muscum (“moss”); from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”). Cognate with Galician murcho, Spanish mustio, and Old Occitan moste.

Adjective

murcho (feminine murcha, masculine plural murchos, feminine plural murchas)

1. withered
2. (figurative) sad

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

murcho

1. first-person singular present indicative of murchar