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/Sounds like "moh" (as in "more") + "noh" (as in "note") + "KOO" (as in "cool") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

A full-body costume that covers everything, leaving the wearer completely unrecognizable. In Colombia and Venezuela, monocuco is the classic children's costume, the go-to outfit for Carnival or Halloween when total anonymity is the goal.

Examples

Los niños salieron de monocucos en el carnaval y nadie los reconocía.

The kids went out in full-body costumes at Carnival and nobody recognized them.

What are you going as this year? I'm going in a full disguise so nobody sees me.

Regional synonyms

A song that's an absolute hit, that lights up any party and everyone recognizes from the first notes. A banger is that track that never fails, you play it and people automatically get hyped.