Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoθa̝/, (western) /ˈmosa̝/
Noun
moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)
- girl; teenager; young lady; single woman
- Synonyms: mulleriña, rapariga
1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 129:Iten, que dían os çapatos de moços e moças de quinse anos fasta viinte, a des mrs, tacoados et sollados et ben apostados et de boo coyro e ben coseytos; et sengellos, a seys mrs.- Item, they should give the shoes for boys and girls, from fifteen till twenty years old, tacked and soled and corrected and made of good leather and well sewn, at ten maravedis; the simple ones, at six maravedis
- girlfriend
- Synonym: noiva
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology
Unknown origin, probably ultimately related to muchacho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈmoθa/ [ˈmo.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈmosa/ [ˈmo.sa]
- Rhymes: -oθa
- Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: mo‧za
Noun
moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)
- female equivalent of mozo