moza
Spanish
Alternative forms
- moça (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈmoθa/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈmosa/
Etymology
Unknown origin, probably ultimately related to muchacho.
Noun
moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)
- girl, lass, young lady, young woman (female adolescent or young adult)
- servant, servant girl, maidservant (woman hired to serve another person)
- (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru) waitress, server (woman who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar)
- female cat (female member of a domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal)
Descendants
- Navajo: mósí
Further reading
- “moza” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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