moucho

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (masculine) little owl (Athene noctua)
2. (masculine) stool

Adj

1. crestless, blunted, polled
2. (figuratively) sad; melancholic

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmowt͡ʃo̝/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à portugais: mocho

Appartenant à espagnol: mochuelo

In summary

Debated (the Galician diphthong is not compatible with the etymons proposed for the other Romance cognates). Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moucho (first attested in 1421); probably from an adjective meaning "blunted". Compare Portuguese mocho and Spanish mochuelo.