mochila

English

Etymology

From Spanish

Noun

mochila (plural mochilas)

  1. (US, 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

mochila f (plural mochiles)

  1. backpack (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mochila, from mochil (“messenger, letter carrier”), from Basque motxil, diminutive form of motil (“boy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈʃilɐ/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧chi‧la

Noun

mochila f (plural mochilas)

  1. backpack

Spanish

Etymology

From mochil (“messenger, letter carrier”, noun), from Basque motxil, diminutive form of motil (“boy”).

Noun

mochila f (plural mochilas)

  1. backpack
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