Polyglot Dictionary

hocico

/oˈsiko/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los hocicos

Meaning

  1. snout

    • El perro metió el hocico.

      The dog stuck its nose in.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

morro

hocico and morro are close synonyms for "snout"; morro also colloquially means "cheek," nerve or impudence, as in "tener morro."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

focinho

focinho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "snout."

Practice

1 What does hocico mean?

2 Fill the gap: El perro metió el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hocico?

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