mojo

mojo

See also: Mojo, mojó, mójo, and моё

English

Etymology 1

Probably of Creole origin, cognate with Gullah moco (“witchcraft”), Fula moco'o (“medicine man”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊd͡ʒoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊd͡ʒəʊ/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊdʒəʊ

Noun

mojo (countable and uncountable, plural mojos or mojoes)

1. A magic charm or spell.
2. Supernatural skill or luck.
3. (slang) Personal magnetism; charm.
4. (slang) Sex appeal; sex drive.

   Look at the way the chicks are checking out Daniel on the dancefloor. He's still got plenty of mojo.

   After the pandemic closed down the discos, I stopped socializing and have lost my mojo.

5. (slang) Illegal drugs.
6. (slang, usually with "wire") A telecopier; a fax machine.

Translations

magic charm or spell

German: Magie (de) f, Zauber (de) m Hungarian: varázslat (hu), mágia (hu), (words) varázsige (hu), (object) amulett (hu) Portuguese: mágica (pt), magia (pt) Spanish: magia (es) f, encanto (es) m

supernatural skill or luck

Hungarian: varázserő (hu), bűverő (hu)

personal magnetism; charm

German: Charme (de) m Hungarian: vonzerő (hu)

sex appeal; sex drive

Hungarian: szexepil (hu), csáberő, vonzerő (hu)

illegal drugs

Hungarian: kábítószer (hu), narkó (hu), anyag (hu), fű (hu)

fax machine

Hungarian: faxgép, fax (hu)

Noun

mojo (countable and uncountable, plural mojos)

1. Any of various sauces originating in the Canary Islands and made with olive oil, peppers, garlic, paprika, and other spices.

Noun

mojo (plural mojos)

1. Alternative form of moio (“Portuguese dry measure”)

Anagrams

• JOMO, Jomo, jomo

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Japanese

Romanization

mojo

1. Rōmaji transcription of もじょ

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Lower Sorbian

Determiner

mojo

1. Superseded spelling of mójo.

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Spanish

Etymology

From mojar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoxo/ [ˈmo.xo]
• Rhymes: -oxo
• Syllabification: mo‧jo

Noun

mojo m (plural mojos)

1. a type of spicy red sauce from the Canary Islands made from chilli, oil, vinegar, garlic, and cumin

Alternative forms

• moje

Derived terms

• mojito

Verb

mojo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mojar

Further reading

• “mojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• mójo

Adjective

mojo m (feminine singular moja, masculine plural moji, feminine plural moje)

1. wet
2. soaked

Related terms

• mojar