mojado

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish mojado (literally “wet”), from espalda mojada. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /moʊˈhɑdoʊ/ === Noun === mojado (plural mojados) (US, slang) wetback ==== See also ==== illegal alien === Further reading === wetback (slur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Spanish == === Etymology === Past participle of mojar. Compare Portuguese molhado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /moˈxado/ [moˈxa.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: mo‧ja‧do === Adjective === mojado (feminine mojada, masculine plural mojados, feminine plural mojadas) wet Antonym: seco ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === mojado m (plural mojados, feminine mojada, feminine plural mojadas) (slang, derogatory) ellipsis of espalda mojada (“wetback”) === Participle === mojado (feminine mojada, masculine plural mojados, feminine plural mojadas) past participle of mojar ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: mojao === Further reading === “mojado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025