moço

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Meaning

boy, young man

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
mo‧ço
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmo.su/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese moço, of unknown origin; possibly from Latin musteus, maybe from an intermediary Old Spanish moço. Cognate with Galician mozo, Spanish mozo, Catalan mosso, Italian mozzo.

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