mojado

adj.

wet, soaking, moist, damp.

f. & m.

wetback, illegal immigrant.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: mojar.

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mojado

► adjetivo

1 (húmedo) wet, moist; (empapado) drenched, soaked, wet through

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(f. - mojada)

adj.

wet

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1.

ADJ (=húmedo) damp, wet; (=empapado) soaked, drenched

le pasé por la frente un trapo mojado — I mopped her brow with a damp cloth

por la mañana la hierba estaba mojada — the grass was wet in the morning

llegamos a casa completamente mojados — we were completely soaked o drenched when we got home

llover

2.

SM Méx wetback (EEUU), illegal immigrant

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I

-da adjetivo wet

estaba completamente mojado — he was dripping o soaking wet

II

-da masculino, femenino (Méx fam) wetback (colloq & pej)

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= damp, sodden, wet, wetted, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.].

Ex. The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.

Ex. He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.

Ex. When Brady made his Civil War pictures, the plate had to be wet at the time of exposure.

Ex. If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.

Ex. The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.

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* suelo mojado = wet floor.

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I

-da adjetivo wet

estaba completamente mojado — he was dripping o soaking wet

II

-da masculino, femenino (Méx fam) wetback (colloq & pej)

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= damp, sodden, wet, wetted, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.].

Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.

Ex: He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.

Ex: When Brady made his Civil War pictures, the plate had to be wet at the time of exposure.

Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.

Ex: The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.

* suelo mojado = wet floor.

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mojado¹ -da

adjective

‹pelo/calle› wet; ‹hierba› wet

le pasas un trapo mojado you (just) wipe it over with a wet cloth

llegó a casa completamente mojado he arrived home dripping o soaking wet

no te quedes con los calcetines mojados, que te vas a resfriar take your wet socks off, you'll catch cold

llover

mojado² -da

masculine, feminine

(Méx fam) wetback (colloq pej)

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Del verbo mojar: (conjugate mojar)

mojado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
mojado    
mojar
mojado

◊ -da adjetivo

wet
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Méx fam) wetback (colloq &
pej)
mojar (conjugate mojar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹suelo/papel/pelo› (accidentalmente) to get o make … wet;

(a propósito) to wet;

◊ pasó un coche y me mojó a car went by and splashed me;

mojado la cama (euf) to wet the bed

b) (sumergiendo) ‹galleta/bizcocho› to dip, dunk (colloq)

mojarse verbo pronominal

a) [persona/ropa/suelo] to get wet;

◊ se me mojadoon los zapatos my shoes got wet;

me mojé toda I got soaked

b) ‹pelo/pies› (a propósito) to wet;

(accidentalmente) to get … wet
mojado,-a adjetivo wet
(húmedo) damp
mojar verbo transitivo
1 to wet
2 (en la leche, el café, etc) to dip, dunk
3 fam (celebrar) vamos a mojar este éxito, let's go and celebrate this success with a drink
'mojado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
médula
- mojada
- papel
- toda
- todo
- chorrear
English:
damp
- through
- wet

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mojado, -a

♦ adj

[empapado] wet; [húmedo] damp;

ten cuidado, el suelo está mojado be careful, the floor is wet;

llegué a casa completamente mojado I got home completely soaked;

tengo los zapatos mojados my shoes are wet;

todavía tengo la ropa mojada my clothes are still damp

♦ nm,f

Méx Fam [inmigrante] wetback;

irse de mojado to enter the United States as an illegal immigrant

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mojado

I adj (húmedo) damp, moist; (empapado) wet

II m, mojada f Méx fam

wetback

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mojado, -da adj

: wet

mojado, -da n, Mex fam : illegal immigrant

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mojado adj wet [comp. wetter; superl. wettest]

está todo mojado it's all wet