hocico
See also: hocicó
Spanish
Etymology
From hocicar (“to root”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /oˈθiko/ [oˈθi.ko]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /oˈsiko/ [oˈsi.ko]
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: ho‧ci‧co
Noun
hocico m (plural hocicos)
- snout (mouth of a beast)
- Synonyms: morro, trompa, jeta
- (derogatory) a person's mouth
Derived terms
- delfín acróbata de hocico largo
Related terms
- hocicón
- hocicar
Verb
hocico
- first-person singular present indicative of hocicar
Further reading
- “hocico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014