mosso

Borrowed from Old Spanish mozo. Compare Portuguese moço.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmo.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmo.so]
• Hyphenation: mos‧so

mosso m (plural mossos, feminine mossa)

1. porter, bellboy, bellhop
2. waiter, steward
3. lad, boy

   Synonym: fadrí

4. police officer
   1. Ellipsis of mosso d'esquadra.: a Mosso, a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra

• Mossos d'Esquadra

• “mosso” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mosso” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “mosso”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Probably analogical with some other verb. Replaces the Classical Latin participle mōtus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔs.so/
• Rhymes: -ɔsso
• Hyphenation: mòs‧so

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mosso (feminine mossa, masculine plural mossi, feminine plural mosse)

1. past participle of muovere

mosso (feminine mossa, masculine plural mossi, feminine plural mosse)

1. (music) mosso, animated, rapid, fast
2. rough (of sea)
3. wavy (of hair)
4. blurred (of a photograph)

Unadapted borrowing from Catalan mosso, in turn from Old Spanish mozo. Doublet of mozo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoso/ [ˈmo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: mos‧so

mosso m (plural mossos)

1. a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra