mijo

plural mijos · alternative pronunciation spelling miho

1. USA term of endearment for a man or boy; dear, darling, my heart.

   but hopefully ill get to hear from you pretty soon.*muah* and hugs. tell mijo im proud of him too! love always, your other half

   2006 December 12, Juan Campos, “Staff Sgt. Juan Campos”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, published 22 March 2008, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2024

   2 more examples

   Casey asked to speak to his grandmother. His parents put her on the phone. “We told her, ‘Casey wants to tell you something,’” Dan Schmitt said. “He told her he really wanted her to come to San Francisco. She hasn’t been out of the house in three years. She has health challenges, medications. But when they started talking, it got pretty emotional. She said, ‘You know, mijo, I’ll be there.’ And here we are.”

   2023 May 10, Andrew Baggarly, “Casey Schmitt homers for Giants in MLB debut: ‘It’s surreal. It’s amazing’”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2026

   I tried to come out a couple times to my abuela, but one time, I said, “I think I’m gay.” And she turned to me and she was like, “You know, mijo, Rachel Maddow is a handsome woman.”

   2024 May 1, John Paul Brammer, quotee, “Emily Ratajkowski Can Take Care of Herself, but a Little Help Would Be Nice”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2024