meco

See also: MECO, meço, and meco-

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

meco m (plural mecos)

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

Noun

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

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

Pronoun

meco (Mallorca)

  1. no one
  2. nothing

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

meco

  1. (archaic, literary) with me
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, p. 155 vv. 55-56:
      Dintorno mi guardò, come talento ¶ avesse di scoprir s'altri era meco; […]
      Round me he gazed, as if solicitude ¶ he had to see if some one else were with me; […]
    • 1472, Giusto de’ Conti, La bella mano, Giannalberto Tumermani (1750), p. 122:
      Il cor meco s’adira, ed io con lui.
      My heart gets angry with me, and I with it.

See also

References

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

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of chichimeca.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. (dated, Mexico) brown-colored

Noun

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

  • meco. Asíhablamos.com

Further reading

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