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μούτρο
face (informal, like "mug") /ˈmutro/
nounB1#1329 most common
Also: mug (slang for face), nerve, cheek (in set phrases)
Example sentences
Το μούτρο του ήταν βρώμικο.
His face was dirty.
Έπεσε και χτύπησε το μούτρο του.
He fell and hurt his face.
Μην κάνεις τέτοια μούτρα, δεν έγινε τίποτα.
Don't make such a face, nothing happened.
Έπεσε με τα μούτρα στη δουλειά για να προλάβει την προθεσμία.
He threw himself into the work to meet the deadline.
Δεν έχει τα μούτρα να μας ζητήσει συγγνώμη μετά από ό,τι έκανε.
He doesn't have the nerve to apologize to us after what he did.
Κρατούσε μούτρα όλη μέρα επειδή δεν πήρε αυτό που ήθελε.
He sulked all day because he didn't get what he wanted.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | μούτρο | μούτρα |
| Genitive | μούτρου | μούτρων |
| Accusative | μούτρο | μούτρα |
| Vocative | μούτρο | μούτρα |
Word family
μουτρωμένοςsulky, sullen-looking
παλιόμουτροscoundrel, rascal (insult, literally "old mug")
μουτράκιlittle face (diminutive, often affectionate)
κρατάω μούτραto sulk, to give someone the cold shoulder
πέφτω με τα μούτραto throw oneself into something
Etymology
Μούτρο enters Greek in the later medieval period as μοῦτρον, but its origin before that point is disputed among etymologists. Some link it to a Balkan or Vulgar Latin word for snout or grimace, but no derivation is settled. The word stayed colloquial rather than literary, and today it means face in an informal or unflattering sense, distinct from the neutral word πρόσωπο.
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