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mojigato

  • [moxiˈɣ̞at̪o]

Rhymes with a.to

adjective mojigatos · mojigata · mojigatas

  1. noun Excesivamente afectado y apegado a las leyes de moralidad o religiosas.

    Similar: moralino, pacato, remilgado, timorato

  2. Disimulado, que afecta humildad o cobardía para lograr su intento en la ocasión.
  3. Beato hazañero que hace escrúpulo de todo.

In English

  • prude A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
  • prim prudish
  • prudish exaggeratedly proper
  • coy pretending shyness or modesty
  • sanctimonious making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically
  • bigot person who is overly pious in matters of religion
  • self-righteous piously self-assured and smugly moralistic
  • goody two shoes goody-goody

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@misc{mojigato_2026,
  title = {mojigato},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/mojigato},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}