mocho

mocho

1. navel

Unknown. Possibly from Spanish mocho, which could be from Latin mutilus. Also see Spanish mochuelo (“little owl”).

• Rhymes: -oʃu, (Northern Portugal) -ot͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: mo‧cho

mocho m (plural mochos)

1. owl, little owl

mocho (feminine mocha, masculine plural mochos, feminine plural mochas)

1. (of a horned animal) lacking one of the horns
2. mutilated

• bufo
• coruja

• “mocho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmot͡ʃo/ [ˈmo.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -otʃo
• Syllabification: mo‧cho

Probably imitative, or possibly from Latin mutilus, cognate with Italian mozzo, Portuguese mocho, French moche.

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)

• → Catalan: motxo

mocho m (plural mochos)

1. mop

   Synonym: fregona

• → Italian: mocio

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mocho

1. first-person singular present indicative of mochar

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

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔxɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔxɔ
• Syllabification: mo‧cho

mocho

1. vocative singular of moch