mouco
Portuguese, noun/ˈmo(w).ku/
mouco is spelled M-O-U-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a deaf person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que não escuta; surdo”.
What does mouco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deaf, hard of hearing
noun
- 1
masculinea deaf person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não escuta; surdo
noun: 1. aquele que não escuta; surdo
noun: 1. moela
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 mouco
- mouca feminine
- moucos masculine plural
- moucas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouco?
- Brazil /ˈmo(w).ku/
- Brazil [ˈmo(ʊ̯).ku]
- Portugal /ˈmo(w).ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouco in Portuguese?
mouco appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).