Community

Your word isn't here yet

Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.

/Sounds like "MEE" (as in "me") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

A mischievous, hyperactive kid in Mexico and Central America, the type who climbs everything, breaks stuff by accident, and never sits still for two seconds. The comparison is direct: mico means small monkey, and the tone is always playful or affectionate, never mean.

Examples

Your kid is a little monkey, he never stops for a second.

Those little monkeys climbed the tree and refuse to come down.

Word family
Regional synonyms

Failed, as in flunking an exam or a course in Peru. When you get 'jalado,' it means you did so badly that not even grading on a curve could save you. The word literally means 'pulled,' as in pulled down or pulled out of the passing list.