molleza

Spanish

Etymology

From 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

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