mozo
Americannoun
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mozos
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mozo
1830–40; < Spanish: literally, youth, servant, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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For two weeks the moody mozo denied everything.
From Time Magazine Archive
And in another ten minutes Billie was facing the mayor over a plate of steaming soup, while a mozo stood at his back waiting to serve the leg of a twenty-five pound turkey.
From The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes by Frank Fowler
But just before she rode in among them Sebastien and Pancho, his mozo, galloped out from among the trees.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
Also, small gold image, blessed by a priest, and supposed to work a cure. mora, bramble-bush. mozo, waiter, servant, also young boy or man. muchacho, boy. muy bien, very well. muy buenos dias, “good morning.”
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
We have been looking for you, the mozo and I, since daybreak!
From The Mexican Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Well-known songs including "Yo no te pido," "Los años mozos," "Cuba va," and "Yolanda," among others, quickly gained fans and traveled the world.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022
At the word all started together down the gorge, the speaker, as before, leading the way, Roblez next, and the mozos with their laden mules stringing out in the rear.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
His mules were safe enough but both mozos had vanished, having found or made friends in the neighbourhood.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Frederick Boyle
As for ourselves, to attempt it alone, ignorant of the language, and with the mozos who were a constant annoyance to us, was out of the question.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
Our three mozos who had been paid, and ordered to go simply to that village, and there to leave our things, had left before we arrived.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
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