hocico
See also: hocicó
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈθiko/ [oˈθi.ko] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /oˈsiko/ [oˈsi.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: ho‧ci‧co
Etymology 1
Deverbal from hocicar (“to root”). Cognate with Asturian focicu.
Noun
hocico m (plural hocicos)
- snout (mouth of a beast)
- (derogatory) a person's mouth
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
hocico
- first-person singular present indicative of hocicar
Further reading
- “hocico”, 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