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mozo.

boy, lad, young man, youth

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmoθo/[ˈmo.θo]/ˈmoso/[ˈmo.so]

  1. boy, lad, young man, youth

    masculine

  2. servant, helper, steward, manservant

    masculine

  3. waiter, server

    Argentina · Chile · Colombia · Peru · masculine

  4. cat, tomcat

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ˈmoθo/[ˈmo.θo]/ˈmoso/[ˈmo.so]

  1. young, youthful

  2. unmarried

Where this word comes from

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.

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