molleza
Spanish
Etymology
muelle + -eza, or from Latin mollitia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /moˈʝeθa/ [moˈʝe.θa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /moˈʎeθa/ [moˈʎe.θa]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /moˈʝesa/ [moˈʝe.sa]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /moˈʎesa/ [moˈʎe.sa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈʃesa/ [moˈʃe.sa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈʒesa/ [moˈʒe.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: mo‧lle‧za
Noun
molleza f (plural mollezas)
- (archaic) softness
Further reading
- “molleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014