mocho

adj.

1 dehorned, hornless.

2 blunt.

3 prudish, goody-goody, puritan.

f. & m.

prude, bigot, prig.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mochar.

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mocho

► adjetivo

1 (torre) flat-topped; (árbol) lopped, pollarded

► nombre masculino mocho

1 (de la escopeta) butt

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mocho

► nombre masculino

1 (de la escopeta) butt

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mocho, -a

1. ADJ

1) (=desafilado) blunt, short

2) [árbol] lopped, pollarded; [vaca] hornless, polled; [torre] flat-topped; [muñón] stubby

3) (=mutilado) mutilated; Caribe (=manco) one-armed

4) And (=grande) big, huge

5) Méx (=reaccionario) reactionary; (=beato) sanctimonious

2. SM / F

1) CAm * (=huérfano) orphan

2) Méx (=reaccionario) reactionary; (=beato) sanctimonious person

3. SM

1) [de utensilio] blunt end, thick end; [de cigarrillo] butt

2) * (=carga) = mochuelo 2)

3) And, Caribe * (=caballo) nag

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I

-cha adjetivo (fam) <buey/toro> with its horns cut off; <lápiz/cuchillo> blunt

dejó todos los pinos mochos — he lopped (the tops off) all the pine trees

la máquina le dejó el dedo mocho — the machine chopped the top off his finger

II

-cha masculino, femenino

1) (Col, Méx, Ven)

es un mocho — he only has one arm

2) (Méx) (mojigato) prude

3) mocho masculino (Col fam) (caballo) horse; (rocinante) (fam & pey) nag (colloq & pej)

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= mop-head.

Ex. Beginning in the far corner of the room, apply a thin coating of floor wax with a new (or perfectly clean) mop-head.

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* mocho de fregona = mop-head.

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I

-cha adjetivo (fam) <buey/toro> with its horns cut off; <lápiz/cuchillo> blunt

dejó todos los pinos mochos — he lopped (the tops off) all the pine trees

la máquina le dejó el dedo mocho — the machine chopped the top off his finger

II

-cha masculino, femenino

1) (Col, Méx, Ven)

es un mocho — he only has one arm

2) (Méx) (mojigato) prude

3) mocho masculino (Col fam) (caballo) horse; (rocinante) (fam & pey) nag (colloq & pej)

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= mop-head.

Ex: Beginning in the far corner of the room, apply a thin coating of floor wax with a new (or perfectly clean) mop-head.

* mocho de fregona = mop-head.

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mocho¹ -cha

adjective

A

1 (fam); ‹buey/toro› polled, with its horns cut off; ‹lápiz/cuchillo› blunt

el jardinero dejó todos los pinos mochos the gardener lopped (the tops off) all the pine trees

tiene un brazo mocho he's missing an arm, he only has one arm

la máquina le dejó el dedo mocho the machine sliced o chopped the top off his finger

2

(Chi, Esp fam) (pelado): me dejaron mocho they chopped all my hair off (colloq), they scalped me (colloq)

3 (Ven fam) ‹melena/pelo› short

B (Méx) (mojigato) prudish

mocho²

adverb

(Méx fam): habla medio mocho he doesn't pronounce his words clearly

mocho³ -cha

masculine, feminine

A (Col, Méx) manco² m,f A. (↑ manco (2))

B (Méx) (mojigato) prude

hecho la mocha (Méx fam): pasó hecha la mocha a su clase she whizzed past on the way to her class

se fue hecho la mocha he dashed off

C

mocho masculine (Col fam) (caballo) horse;

(rocinante) (fam pey) nag (colloq pej)

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mocho, -a

♦ adj

1. [extremo, punta] blunt;

[árbol] lopped

2. Méx Fam Pey [beato] holier-than-thou

3. Méx Fam Pey [mojigato] prudish, straitlaced

4. RP, Ven Fam [mutilado]

tiene un brazo mocho he has lost an arm, he only has one arm;

la pata de la silla está mocha the chair has a leg missing;

mi gato está mocho de una oreja my cat only has one ear

5. RP, Ven Fam [corto] too short

♦ nm

[fregona] mop

♦ nm,f

Méx Fam Pey

1. [beato] holy Joe

2. [mojigato]

las mochas de la oficina se asustaron con mi escote the straight-laced old prudes at the office got a shock when they saw my neckline

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mocho

I adj blunt

II m (blunt) end