mouco

mouco

Galician

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmowko̝/

Adjective

mouco m (feminine singular mouca, masculine plural moucos, feminine plural moucas)

1. blunted; polled, lopped; hornless

   Synonym: moucho

2. deaf, hard of hearing

   Synonym: xordo

3. blunt (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Derived terms

• amoucar
• demoucar
• esmoucar
• mouca
• moucar
• remoucar

References

• “mouco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mouco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mouco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ku/
• Hyphenation: mou‧co

Adjective

mouco m (feminine singular mouca, masculine plural moucos, feminine plural moucas, comparable)

1. deaf, hard of hearing

Noun

mouco m (plural moucos, feminine mouca, feminine plural moucas)

1. a deaf person

Synonyms

• surdo