mocho
Portuguese, noun/ˈmo.ʃu/
mocho is spelled M-O-C-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mocho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “owl, little owl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave de rapina noturna, de olhos amarelos”.
What does mocho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineowl, little owl
adjective
- 1
lacking one of the horns
- 2
mutilated
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pelado, sem remate, sem cornos, sem saliências 2. diz-se da árvore muito podada 3. triste
noun: 1. ave de rapina noturna, de olhos amarelos 2. designação dada a assento individual, sem espaldar, em algumas regiões do Brasil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mocho
- mochos plural
- mocha feminine
- mochas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mocho?
- Brazil /ˈmo.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈmo.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈmot.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mocho in Portuguese?
mocho appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).