"muchacho" meaning in Spanish

See muchacho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /muˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/, [muˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃo] Forms: muchachos [plural], muchacha [feminine], muchachas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -atʃo Etymology: From older mochacho, from mozo + -acho. Cognate to Portuguese moçaço. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:from|mochacho}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āks", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-āx", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "relational adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ejos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éyos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-eos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-eus", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "suffix indicating origin" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-āceus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-acho", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "mochacho", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "muchacho", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="muchacho">, {{af|es|mozo|-acho}} mozo + -acho, {{cog|pt|moçaço}} Portuguese moçaço Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} muchacho m (plural muchachos, feminine muchacha, feminine plural muchachas)
  1. boy or young adult Tags: masculine Synonyms: chaval, chico, chino, garzón, mocito, machito, péndex
    Sense id: en-muchacho-es-noun-BPnM0WeL Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Age, Children Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 22 20 19 21 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Age: 50 50 Disambiguation of Children: 47 53
  2. boy or young adult
    term of address     Tags: masculine Synonyms: chaval, chico, chino, garzón, mocito, machito, péndex
    Sense id: en-muchacho-es-noun-dgrHaK2U Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms of address, Spanish terms suffixed with -acho, Age, Children Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 22 20 19 21 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spanish terms of address: 12 88 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -acho: 44 56 Disambiguation of Age: 50 50 Disambiguation of Children: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: muchachillo [diminutive], muchachito [diminutive], muchachón [augmentative], muchachote [augmentative]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "Portuguese moçaço",
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    "mu‧cha‧cho"
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  ],
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      "synonyms": [
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        },
        {
          "word": "chico"
        },
        {
          "word": "chino"
        },
        {
          "word": "garzón"
        },
        {
          "word": "mocito"
        },
        {
          "word": "machito"
        },
        {
          "word": "péndex"
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        {
          "word": "chaval"
        },
        {
          "word": "chico"
        },
        {
          "word": "chino"
        },
        {
          "word": "garzón"
        },
        {
          "word": "mocito"
        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "péndex"
        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/muˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[muˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "muchacho"
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    },
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  ],
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    "mu‧cha‧cho"
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        "mu‧cha‧cho"
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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      "ipa": "/muˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[muˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "muchacho"
}

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