hocicón
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oθiˈkon/ [o.θiˈkõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /osiˈkon/ [o.siˈkõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ho‧ci‧cón
Noun
hocicón m (plural hocicones, feminine hocicona, feminine plural hociconas)
- (colloquial, Chile, Mexico) bigmouth (who talks too much or says things which should not be said)
- Synonym: bocón
- informer, tattler
- Synonyms: chivato, informante
- (colloquial, Mexico) foul-mouthed, profane
Further reading
- “hocicón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024