meco

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See also: MECO, meço, and meco-

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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meco m (plural mecos)

  1. (Maestrat) weaned calf
  2. (Mallorca) animal without a tail
  3. (Barcelona criminal slang) fool, easy mark

Etymology 2

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Noun

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meco m (plural mecos, feminine meca) (Ibiza)

  1. boy, kid
  2. scarecrow
  3. head louse

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

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meco (Mallorca)

  1. no one
  2. nothing

Galician

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Etymology

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Unknown.

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Adjective

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meco (feminine meca, masculine plural mecos, feminine plural mecas)

  1. one-eyed
  2. cross-eyed
  3. lacking one horn or having a mutilated ear

Noun

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meco m (plural mecos)

  1. excessive care, attention or indulgence

Noun

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meco m (plural mecos)

  1. the sandman
    Synonym: coco
  2. a mask of Carnival
  3. a puppet or scarecrow which is burned after some celebrations
  4. tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)

Noun

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meco m (plural mecos, feminine meca, feminine plural mecas)

  1. (colloquial) a person from O Grove

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin mēcum (probably through Old Italian conmeco), from Latin cum mēcum.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ko/
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Hyphenation: mé‧co

Preposition

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meco

  1. (archaic, literary) with me
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 55–56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Dintorno mi guardò, come talento
      avesse di veder s’altri era meco
      He looked around me, as if he wanted to see if someone else were with me
    • c. 1440, Giusto de' Conti, La bella mano [The beautiful hand]; republished in La bella mano di Giusto de' Conti romano, con una raccolta di rime d'antichi toscani[3], revised and expanded edition, Verona: Giannalberto Tummermani, 1750, page 122:
      E quando penſo alla mia ardente face,
      Il cor meco s’adira, ed io con lui.
      [E, quando penso alla mia ardente face,
      il cor meco s'adira, ed io con lui.]
      And when I think about my burning light, my heart becomes angry with me, and I with it.

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References

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  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Shortening of chichimeca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeko/ [ˈme.ko]
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Syllabification: me‧co

Adjective

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meco (feminine meca, masculine plural mecos, feminine plural mecas)

  1. (dated, Mexico) brown-colored
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Noun

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meco m (plural mecos)

  1. (vulgar, Mexico) semen
    Synonym: lefa (Spain)
  2. (Mexico) a small child, specifically an indigenous one
    • 2006, Yolanda Lastra de Suárez, Los otomíes: su lengua y su historia, UNAM, →ISBN, page 358:
      Dos días antes de que termine el carnaval aparecen Comanches y Mecos. Los Mecos son niños pequeños como de siete años y los Comanches son jóvenes de entre 18 y 25 años. Los Mecos andan sin camisa y se pintan con lodo, ceniza…
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References

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  • meco. Asíhablamos.com

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