meco

See also: MECO, meço, and meco-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɛ.ko]

Etymology 1

Noun

meco m (plural mecos)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

Pronoun

meco (Mallorca)

1. no one
2. nothing

Galician

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛko/ [ˈmɛ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛko

Adjective

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

meco m (plural mecos)

1. excessive care, attention or indulgence

Noun

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

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

1. (colloquial) a person from O Grove

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “meco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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], 2^nd 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.

See also

• nosco
• teco
• seco
• vosco

Anagrams

• com'è, come

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

Related terms

• meca

 

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

• “meco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014