Cooljugator Logo Get a Spanish Tutor

mojado

Looking for learning resources? Study with our courses! Get a full Spanish course →

Spanish word mojado comes from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, and later Latin *mollio (I wet, dampen, moisten, soak.)

*mel- (Proto-Indo-European)

honey, to grind, bad, wrong, dark, red, dirty, dark, red color; dirty

*(h₂)ml̥dus (Proto-Indo-European)

*molduis (Latin)

*molliāre (Vulgar Latin)

*mollio (Latin)

I wet, dampen, moisten, soak.

mojar (Spanish)

To make wet, to wet. To moisten. To toast (celebrate with a drink).

mojado (Spanish)

Wet (slang, pejorative) Wetback; one who crosess an international border by passing through a body of water by wading, swimming, etc from the shore of one country to illegally enter the adject country. For example, so crossing the border into the United States from Mexico or from Morocco to Spain. ("to wet").

Further details about this page

LOCATION