hocico

See also: hocicó

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from hocicar (“to root”). Cognate with Asturian focicu.

Noun

hocico m (plural hocicos)

1. snout (mouth of a beast)

   Synonyms: morro, trompa, jeta

2. (derogatory) a person's mouth

Derived terms

• delfín acróbata de hocico largo
• hocicón
• hocicudo

Related terms

• hocicar

Etymology 2

Verb

hocico

1. first-person singular present indicative of hocicar

Further reading

• “hocico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10