moco

See also: MoCo, mocó, moço, and mổ cò

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Old Tupi mokóbor.

Portuguese mocóbor.

English moco

Borrowed from Portuguese mocó.

Noun

moco (plural mocos)

1. (archaic) Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris).

Etymology 2

From Spanish moco.

1. (slang) A booger.
   • 1991 November 5, Tatsuya Ishida, “Sinfest (comic)”, in Daily Bruin‎^[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 8:

     There's a huge and disturbing moco in your nose, sir.

See also

• loco moco

References

• “moco”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• COMO, Como, MOOC, coom

Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈmu.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmo.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmo.ku]

Verb

moco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mocar (“to blow (the nose); to mock”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈmo̞.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmɔ.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɔ.ku]

Verb

moco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mocar (“to gut (a fish or carcass)”)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

moco m (plural mocos)

1. moco

Further reading

• “moco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mŭccus, variant of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmokʊ]

Noun

moco m (plural mocos)

1. mucus; bogey, bogie, booger
2. snood (flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moco”, 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), “moco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔko
• Hyphenation: mò‧co

Etymology 1

Of Mediterranean origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. synonym of mochi
2. (figurative, archaic) trifle, nothing

Etymology 2

Of Tupian origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

Further reading

• moco¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• moco² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Como, comò

Javanese

Romanization

moco

1. (Indonesian) nonstandard spelling of maca, romanization of ꦩꦕ

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoko/ [ˈmo.ko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: mo‧co

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der.

Proto-Italic *moukos

Latin mūcus

Latin muccus

Old Spanish moco

Spanish moco

Inherited from Old Spanish moco, from Latin muccus, variant of mūcus.

Noun

moco m (plural mocos)

1. mucus; bogey, bogie, booger
2. slime

Derived terms

• comerse los mocos
• llorar a moco tendido
• mocarro
• moco de pavo
• mocoso
• moquear
• moquillento
• moquillo
• moquito
• no ser moco de pavo
• soplamocos

Related terms

• mucosidad

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

moco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mocar

Further reading

• “moco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025