mojarra
English
Noun
mojarra (plural mojarras)
- Any perciform fish in the family Gerreidae, often used as bait.
- 2007 August 16, Dave Sherwood, “Above the Clouds, It’s Almost Heaven, Costa Rica”, in New York Times:
- I assumed they were farm fish, but Gorinsky, a friend and local fishing guide who has cast a line for everything from 6-inch mojarra to 300-pound marlin, assured me otherwise.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈxara/ [moˈxa.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: mo‧ja‧rra
Noun
mojarra f (plural mojarras)
- mojarra
- tilapia
Further reading
- “mojarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014