# moco
## English
### Etymology 1

From Portuguese mocó.

### Noun

moco (plural mocos)
* (archaic) Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris).

### Etymology 2

From Spanish moco.
* (slang) A booger.
** 1991 November 5, Tatsuya Ishida, “Sinfest (comic)”, in Daily Bruin‎, University of California, Los Angeles, page 8:There's a huge and disturbing moco in your nose, sir.

### See also

* loco moco

### References

* “moco”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* COMO, Como, MOOC, coom

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmo.ku]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmo.ko]

#### Verb

moco
* first-person singular present indicative of mocar (“to blow (the nose); to mock”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmɔ.ku]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ko]

#### Verb

moco
* first-person singular present indicative of mocar (“to gut (a fish or carcass)”)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

moco m (plural mocos)
* moco

### Further reading

* “moco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mŭccus, variant of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmokʊ]

### Noun

moco m (plural mocos)
* mucus; bogey, bogie, booger
* snood (flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey)

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.ko/
* Rhymes: -ɔko
* Hyphenation: mò‧co

### Etymology 1

Of Mediterranean origin.

#### Noun

moco m (plural mochi)
* Synonym of mochi
* (figurative, archaic) trifle, nothing

### Etymology 2

Of Tupian origin.

#### Noun

moco m (plural mochi)
* rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

### Further reading

* moco$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* moco$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Como, comò

## Javanese
### Romanization

moco
* (Indonesian) Nonstandard spelling of maca. Romanization of ꦩꦕ

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoko/ [ˈmo.ko]
* Rhymes: -oko
* Syllabification: mo‧co

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mŭccus, variant of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

#### Noun

moco m (plural mocos)
* mucus; bogey, bogie, booger
* slime

##### Derived terms

* comerse los mocos
* llorar a moco tendido
* moco de pavo
* mocoso
* moquear
* moquillento
* moquillo
* moquito
* no ser moco de pavo
* soplamocos

##### Related terms

* mucosidad

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

moco
* first-person singular present indicative of mocar

### Further reading

* “moco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10