mucamo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Kimbundu mukamabor.

Portuguese mucamabor.

Spanish mucamo

Borrowed from Portuguese mucama.

Noun

mucamo m (plural mucamos, feminine mucama, feminine plural mucamas)

1. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay, Rioplatense) servant, houseboy

Further reading

• “mucamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025