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. ))

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

"Colero" "Cole, muchacho, echale" began to ring out, and, with an answering call of "Onde?"

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

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 Hopper, James