momio
Spanish
Etymology
From momia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmomjo/ [ˈmo.mjo]
- Rhymes: -omjo
- Syllabification: mo‧mio
Adjective
momio (feminine momia, masculine plural momios, feminine plural momias)
- (meat) lean
- (Chile, colloquial, politics) on the right wing
Noun
momio m (plural momios)
- bargain, extra (in a deal)
- de momio ― for free
Noun
momio m (plural momios, feminine momia, feminine plural momias)
- (Chile, colloquial, politics, masculine) right-winger (feminine momia)
Further reading
- “momio”, 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
- “momio”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010