mojado

Borrowed from Spanish mojado.

• IPA^(key): /moʊˈhɑdoʊ/

mojado (plural mojados)

1. (US, slang) wetback

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• illegal alien
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Past participle of mojar. Compare Portuguese molhado.

• IPA^(key): /moˈxado/, [moˈxaðo]

mojado (feminine singular mojada, masculine plural mojados, feminine plural mojadas)

1. wet

   Antonym: seco

mojado m (plural mojados, feminine mojada, feminine plural mojadas)

1. (slang, derogatory) Wetback; one who crosses 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.

mojado m (feminine singular mojada, masculine plural mojados, feminine plural mojadas)

1. Masculine singular past participle of mojar.

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