moço
Portuguese, noun
moço is spelled M-O-Ç-O (4 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boy, young man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mocó is a different word: “rock cavy”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rapaz, jovem”.
What does moço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboy, young man
- 2
datedmasculineservant
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinerock cavy
- 2
masculinea variety of cotton
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. roedor semelhante à cobaia 2. bolsa para pequenas provisões 3. variedades de algodão nordestino 4. esconderijo
adjective: 1. verde, não maduro 2. não totalmente cozido 3. a falar de carnes e fumeiros, não totalmente curado
noun: 1. rapaz, jovem
noun: 1. monco, muco, mucosidade
noun: 1. moca, cacete 2. pedaço grande de pão
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 moço
- moços plural
- moça feminine
- moças feminine plural
- mocós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to moço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moço in Portuguese?
moço appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).