mochila
English
Noun
mochila (plural mochilas)
- (US, especially Western US) A large leather flap that covers the saddle tree.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mochila in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mochila,[1] from mochil (“messenger, letter carrier”), from Basque motxil, diminutive form of motil (“boy”).
Spanish
Etymology
From mochil (“messenger, letter carrier”, noun), from Basque motxil, diminutive form of motil or mutil (“boy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈt͡ʃila/ [moˈt͡ʃi.la]
- Rhymes: -ila
- Syllabification: mo‧chi‧la
Derived terms
- mochilero (“backpacker”)
Descendants
- → Portuguese: mochila
Further reading
- “mochila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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