muchacho

American  

[moo-chah-choh] / muˈtʃɑ tʃoʊ /

noun

1. Informal, Southwestern U.S. a boy or young man (often used as a form of address).

   So what are you waiting for, muchacho?

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Etymology

Origin of muchacho

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Spanish, earlier mochacho, from moch(o) “cut off, cropped, clipped,” perhaps in reference to young people's haircuts ( cf. mozzarella ( def. )) + -acho, an augmentative and pejorative suffix ( cf. -aceous ( def. ))

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

muchacho

“There’s a muchacho from here who just left — he made it to Los Angeles the next day,” said Clemente Sánchez, 57, the municipal president.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

"General," said the smiling toastmaster. "we of Puebla know you for a buen muchacho, a good fellow Pray accept these 300 silver pesos and enjoy yourself this evening without undue expense."

From Time Magazine Archive

He allows a few implausibilities and submits the viewer to one winsome muchacho too many.

From Time Magazine Archive

The enfevering rumour of moat-born gnats clung to the netting surrounding him; from the patio-hall there came the weary cough of a muchacho, stretched in his toil-damp clothes upon the polished floor.

From Caybigan by James Hopper

But if I am any judge of character, that English muchacho will return, as he threatened he would; and then what are we going to do?”

From The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by John Williamson

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