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mocoso

Spanish, noun/moˈkoso/

mocoso is spelled M-O-C-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,863rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mocoso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “brat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Niño, chiquillo”.

What does mocoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    having lots of mucus

  2. 2

    mucous

  3. 3

    mucilaginous

  4. 4

    snotty

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialderogatorymasculinebrat

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinea kid

    ¡Que rico el mocoso!

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a los mocos. 2. Que tiene las narices llenas de mocos. 3. Se aplica al niño atrevido y malmandado. 4. Se aplica al mozo poco experimentado o advertido.

noun: 1. Niño, chiquillo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mocoso

  • mocosa feminine
  • mocosos masculine plural
  • mocosas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mocoso?

  • /moˈkoso/
  • [moˈko.so]
  • [moˈkoso]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mocoso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mocoso in Spanish?

mocoso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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