molleza

Spanish

Etymology

From muelle +‎ -eza, or from Latin mollitia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /moˈʝeθa/ [moˈʝe.θa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /moˈʝeθa/ [moˈʝe.θa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /moˈʎeθa/ [moˈʎe.θa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /moˈʝesa/ [moˈʝe.sa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /moˈʝesa/ [moˈʝe.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /moˈʎesa/ [moˈʎe.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈʃesa/ [moˈʃe.sa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈʒesa/ [moˈʒe.sa]

• Rhymes: -eθa
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: mo‧lle‧za

Noun

molleza f (plural mollezas)

1. (archaic) softness

Further reading

• “molleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28