mozo

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Meaning

1. (masculine) boy, lad, young man, youth
2. (masculine) servant, helper, steward, manservant
3. (Argentina,Chile,Colombia,Peru,masculine) waiter, server
4. (masculine) cat, tomcat

boy

young male

Pullman porter

male child

young boy

young person

hombre joven

fardero

changador

jóven

counterperson

mozo de taberna

obstruya el perro

joven varón

joven varon solter

niño varón

niña de poca edad

varón joven

aeromozo

mozo de ferrocarril

chavea

Garzón

azafato

tinieblo

amante de sexo masculino

Frequency

Hyphenated as

mo‧zo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmoθo/

Uncertain, probably ultimately identical with muchacho (cf. mocho), or from Latin musteus (“must-like, of new wine, fresh”), from musteum, from mustum. Other theories include a pre-Roman origin. Compare Portuguese moço, Galician mozo, Asturian mozu. Cf. also Catalan mosso (taken from Spanish) and motxo. There may alternatively be a link to Italian mozzo (“cut off, docked”), French mousse (“blunt”), or Basque motz.