# meco
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

meco m (plural mecos)
* (Maestrat) weaned calf
* (Mallorca) animal without a tail
* (Barcelona criminal slang) fool, easy mark

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

meco m (plural mecos, feminine meca) (Ibiza)
* boy, kid
* scarecrow
* head louse

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

meco (Mallorca)
* no one
* nothing

## Galician
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛko/ [ˈmɛ.kʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛko

### Adjective

meco (feminine meca, masculine plural mecos, feminine plural mecas)
* one-eyed
* cross-eyed
* lacking one horn or having a mutilated ear

### Noun

meco m (plural mecos)
* excessive care, attention or indulgence

### Noun

meco m (plural mecos)
* the sandman
    Synonym: coco
* a mask of Carnival
* a puppet or scarecrow which is burned after some celebrations
* tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)

### Noun

meco m (plural mecos, feminine meca, feminine plural mecas)
* (colloquial) a person from O Grove

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meco”, 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), “meco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mēcum (probably through Old Italian conmeco), from Latin cum mēcum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈme.ko/
* Rhymes: -eko
* Hyphenation: mé‧co

### Preposition

meco
* (archaic, literary) with me
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 55–56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Dintorno mi guardò, come talento avesse di veder s’altri era mecoHe looked around me, as if he wanted to see if someone else were with me
** c. 1440, Giusto de' Conti, La bella mano [The beautiful hand]; republished in La bella mano di Giusto de' Conti romano, con una raccolta di rime d'antichi toscani‎, revised and expanded edition, Verona: Giannalberto Tummermani, 1750, page 122:E quando penſo alla mia ardente face, Il cor meco s’adira, ed io con lui.[E, quando penso alla mia ardente face, il cor meco s'adira, ed io con lui.]And when I think about my burning light, my heart becomes angry with me, and I with it.

### See also

* nosco
* seco
* teco
* vosco

### References

* ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

### Anagrams

* com'è, come

## Spanish
### Etymology

Shortening of chichimeca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeko/ [ˈme.ko]
* Rhymes: -eko
* Syllabification: me‧co

### Adjective

meco (feminine meca, masculine plural mecos, feminine plural mecas)
* (dated, Mexico) brown-colored

#### Related terms

* meca

### Noun

meco m (plural mecos)
* (vulgar, Mexico) semen
    Synonym: lefa (Spain)
* (Mexico) a small child, specifically an indigenous one
** 2006, Yolanda Lastra de Suárez, Los otomíes: su lengua y su historia, UNAM, →ISBN, page 358:Dos días antes de que termine el carnaval aparecen Comanches y Mecos. Los Mecos son niños pequeños como de siete años y los Comanches son jóvenes de entre 18 y 25 años. Los Mecos andan sin camisa y se pintan con lodo, ceniza…(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* meco. Asíhablamos.com

### Further reading

* “meco”, 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
* “meco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010