different between maco vs moco

English

Noun

maco (uncountable)

1. An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.

Anagrams

• OAMC, camo, coma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish majo.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.ku/

Adjective

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural maques)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Synonym: bonic

2. nice, lovely

   Synonym: agradable

Derived terms

• quemaco

Further reading

• “maco” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “maco” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mat?so/
• Hyphenation: ma?co
• Rhymes: -at?so

Noun

maco (accusative singular macon, plural macoj, accusative plural macojn)

1. matzo, matzah

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mako/, [?ma.ko]

Noun

maco m (plural macos)

1. prison

English

Noun

moco (plural mocos)

1. (archaic) The rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris).

Anagrams

• COMO, Como, MOOC, coom

Catalan

Verb

moco

1. first-person singular present indicative form of mocar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.ko/
• Hyphenation: mò?co

Etymology 1

Of Mediterranean origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. Synonym of mochi
2. (figuratively, archaic) trifle, nothing

Etymology 2

Of Tupian origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

References

• moco¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• moco² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Javanese

Verb

moco

1. Nonstandard spelling of maca.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin muccus, variant of m?cus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?moko/, [?mo.ko]

Noun

moco m (plural mocos)

1. mucus, bogey, bogie, booger
2. slime

Derived terms

Related terms

• mucosidad

Further reading

• “moco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.