moucho

• IPA^(key): [ˈmou̯xo]

moucho f

1. vocative singular of moucha

• noucho

Debated; probably from an adjective meaning "blunted". Compare Portuguese mocho and Spanish mochuelo.

First attested in 1421.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmowt͡ʃo̝/

moucho m (plural mouchos)

1. little owl (Athene noctua)

   Synonym: paxaro da morte

   • 1421, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 623:

     et outra leira jaz tras las casas da Quintãã, como vay topar aas pedras dos mouchos

     another field is behind the houses of Quintá, as it reaches the little owl stones

2. stool

   Synonyms: banqueta, tallo

moucho (feminine moucha, masculine plural mouchos, feminine plural mouchas)

1. crestless, blunted, polled

   Synonym: mouco

2. (figurative) sad; melancholic

   Synonym: triste

• “moucho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “moucho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moucho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moucho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.