En Espanol: Moyo???

Question

Ok i live near alot of spanish people mostly puerto rican. I heard some guy talking about someone & he kept reffering to him as 'El Moyo'. Someone told me this is a slang term for a black person. Is that true? Is it a bad word? Do they only say this in PR or do other countries say it too? Thanks. 10 points for the best answer.

No its NOT 'el morro' I know what el morro is. Ive been to PR 4 times. I am 100% positive its 'MOYO' b/c I have even seen it spray painted on walls. (i live in Philly). I am not confused. You will not find it in the dictionary b/c it is slang. I speak a little spanish also.

sometimes they will call a group of blacks 'los moyos'

maybe it was derived form the word u call 'el morro' but i know its moyo. I just want to know if its a degrading word?

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ok I found this on a blog. I told u I know what Im talking about:

"I concur with your comments. When I go visit relatives in Durham, North Carolina, blacks, whites, Central Americans, and Mexicans look at me as if I am from another planet. I guess, blacks are not suppose to be able to speak Spanish. I realize, there's ignorance out there in the world. Growing up in Spanish Harlem as a child, I was called the N word by many whites downtown. Most of my fair skin Puerto Rican friends or relatives didn't experience this. I would state to the racist whites, I am Puerto Rican. They would later come back and say, hey we have a N Sp-c here. This was very painful for me as a child. As an adult later on in life, I have been called a moyo in Spanish by white Cubans"

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on another blog I found-

"growin up i went to a catholic school i was the only mexican kid their....on top of that all the other kids were white..only a couple other kids with hispanic background but they were rican.....so u know they dont like us too much...i was totally different..I lived in the ghetto/still do....So in my hood all i heard was hip hop and thats gotten alot of influence in me...So mostly all the people in my hood are mostly rican black n dominican...I get more love from blacks then other hispanics.....In skool we were taughter proper....but in the streets on my block i saw a whole lot of other things....drugs...................etc....Even my familys friends who just got to philly from mexico...called me moyo because of the way i dressed"

Answer 1

I'm from Spain and I have never heard that term, but there's a similar term, "Mocho" that means "truncated" and also "reactionary"

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N****r in spanish, black or dark skinned person

Es. "Ese moyo quiere mota"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moyo

Answer 2

At work, a friend from Honduras told me "Moyo" is a black person. I then asked if it is a bad word, and he said yes.

He doesn't speak any English, and I know just enough Spanish to be absolutely certain of my recollection, and the meaning, of this conversation.

Answer 3

A friend of mine had that nickname.

Anyway moyo 'per se' is an antique capacity measure, like ounzes etc. but antique.

But maybe moyo it is used like an abreviation of moyote that means mosquito, its used in México, but not sure if any other country uses it.

Answer 4

I'm Mexican and it's a pretty normal word for us. I would not say it's a bad word it's just what we call black people. I remember playing soccer against this Dominican guy and his nickname was moyo.

Answer 5

My ex-husband, a Tex-Mex, was a Golden Gloves boxer when he was a kid. They called him Moyo, because he was quick like a mosquito.

Answer 6

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It is presumibly the section for the 30 million or so Americans whose 1st language is Spanish. That's Americans! Not immigrants, but Spanish speaking Americans. And your problem with it is....?

Answer 7

The only meaning of "moyo" I can find in the dictionary
is "flower pot". El morro is the term for a black person.

Answer 8

Mexican Urban Dictionary

Answer 9

lololol! i see you've gotten a lot of ridiculous and useless answers in here. i'm pretty sure i'm the best answer in the other post you asked this.

Answer 10

It was more likely "el moro". Very old word for blacks from North Africa. Comes from Spain. I don't think it is derogatory.