mouco

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Portuguese mouco

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmowko̝/

Adjective

mouco (feminine mouca, masculine plural moucos, feminine plural moucas)

1. blunted; polled, lopped; hornless

   Synonym: moucho

2. deaf, hard of hearing

   Synonym: xordo

3. blunt (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Derived terms

• amoucar
• demoucar
• esmoucar
• mouca
• moucar
• remoucar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mouco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mouco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mouco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

mouco

1. first-person singular present indicative of moucar

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Galician mouco

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ku/ [ˈmo(ʊ̯).ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ku/ [ˈmo(ʊ̯).ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ko/ [ˈmo(ʊ̯).ko]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmow.ku/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ku/

• Rhymes: -owku, -oku
• Hyphenation: mou‧co

Adjective

mouco (feminine mouca, masculine plural moucos, feminine plural moucas)

1. deaf, hard of hearing

Noun

mouco m (plural moucos, feminine mouca, feminine plural moucas)

1. a deaf person

   Synonym: surdo