different between mozo vs bozo

English

Etymology

From Spanish mozo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??z??/, /?mo?o/

Noun

mozo (plural mozos)

1. A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.
2. A title of respect for a young man (usually unmarried) with or without a name used. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
3. An unmarried man, a boy. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Anagrams

• Zoom, zoom

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moço, Asturian mozu, and Spanish mozo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?o?/, (western) /?moso?/

Noun

mozo m (plural mozos, feminine moza, feminine plural mozas)

1. boy; teenager; young man; single man

   Synonyms: homiño, rapaz

2. boyfriend

   Synonym: noivo

3. (archaic) junior (person that is younger than other person)
   • 1485, M. Lucas Álvarez and P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada: Edicións do Castro, page 709:

     Vasco d'Oseve o mozo, fillo de Vasco d'Oseve o vello

     Vasco de Oseve junior, son of Vasco de Oseve senior

Derived terms

• mociño

Adjective

mozo m (feminine singular moza, masculine plural mozos, feminine plural mozas)

1. young; younger

References

• “moço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “moço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mozo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mozo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mozo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Potawatomi

Etymology

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Noun

mozo

1. moose

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• moço (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain origin, probably ultimately identical with muchacho (cf. mocho), or from Latin musteus (“must-like, of new wine, fresh”), from musteum, from mustum. Other theories include a pre-Roman origin. Compare Portuguese moço, Galician mozo, Asturian mozu. Cf. also Catalan mosso (taken from Spanish) and motxo. There may alternatively be a link to Italian mozzo (“cut off, docked”), French mousse (“blunt”), or Basque motz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?mo?o/, [?mo.?o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?moso/, [?mo.so]

Noun

mozo m (plural mozos, feminine moza, feminine plural mozas)

1. boy, lad, young man, youth
2. servant, helper, steward, manservant
3. (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru) waiter, server

   Synonym: camarero

4. cat, tomcat

Derived terms

• aeromozo
• mozo de espadas

Descendants

• Catalan: mosso
• ? Italian: mozzo
• ? Yosondúa Mixtec: musu

Adjective

mozo (feminine moza, masculine plural mozos, feminine plural mozas)

1. young, youthful
2. unmarried

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Attested since the 1910s in American English, of uncertain origin. The term may derive from Spanish bozal, a term originally for a recently-imported slave and then "someone who speaks (Spanish) poorly". The term is older than Bozo the Clown, introduced in 1946, and derivation from French bouseux /bu.zø/, a derogative term for a farmer equivalent to "bumpkin", in phonologically problematic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??z??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bo?zo?/
• Rhymes: -??z??

Noun

bozo (plural bozos)

1. (slang) A stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man. [from 1910s]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fool

Derived terms

• bozo eruption
• bozo filter
• bozosity
• bozotic

Translations

References

Anagrams

• zobo

Galician

Alternative forms

• buzo

Etymology

From Late Latin *bucc?us (“relating or belonging to the mouth”). See bucca for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?o?/, (western) /?boso?/

Noun

bozo m (plural bozos)

1. muzzle

   Synonyms: boceira, embozo, vetillo

2. pout
3. fish mouth
4. upper lip fluff

Derived terms

• bozal
• embozar

Related terms

• boza

References

• “bozo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “bozo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bozo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *bucc?us (“relating or belonging to the mouth”). See bucca for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?bo?o/, [?bo.?o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?boso/, [?bo.so]

Noun

bozo m (plural bozos)

1. down (on the upper lip)
2. muzzle, mouth (exterior part of the mouth)
3. halter (for leading horses)

Related terms

See also

• lanugo
• vello

Yami

Noun

bozo

1. ball