mechón
Meanings
Noun
1. lock, tuft, strand (of hair)
2. fresher, freshman (in university) (Chile, colloquial)
Examples3
Él se arrancó uno de sus pocos mechones de barba.
He plucked one of his few strands of beard.
Ella retorció un mechón de pelo alrededor de su dedo.
She twisted a strand of hair around her finger.
Tom colocó un mechón de pelo detrás de la oreja de Mary.
Tom tucked a strand of hair behind Mary's ear.