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/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.

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Regional synonyms

A person who works without stopping or complaining, head down, effort first. In Honduras, machetero is a term of genuine respect: someone who is reliable, tireless, and never a burden. Named after the machetero who cuts cane in the fields without asking for a break.