hocico

See also: hocicó

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /oˈθiko/ [oˈθi.ko]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /oˈsiko/ [oˈsi.ko]
Rhymes: -iko
Syllabification: ho‧ci‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from hocicar (“to root”).

Noun

hocico m (plural hocicos)

snout (mouth of a beast)
Synonyms: morro, trompa, jeta
(derogatory) a person's mouth

Derived terms

Related terms

hocicar

Verb

hocico

first-person singular present indicative of hocicar

Further reading

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

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