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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?


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 ( mozzarella ( def. ) ) + -acho, an augmentative and pejorative suffix ( -aceous ( def. ) )

Example Sentences

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“Así que ahora, aquí estoy, un muchacho de 17 años, que me preocupo por: ‘¿Está bien mi mamá, están bien las niñas?

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

El muchacho hace amistad con un príncipe y descubre que hay una manera de recuperarlo.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2020

El muchacho tiene poder 👀 || Big boy has power.👀

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2019

Un muchacho preguntó a Bush cuál era su comida favorita, y él dijo “mexicana”, y elogió un nuevo restaurante, El Wapo Taco en Coral Gables, como “auténtico”.

From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2015

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 Williamson, John