mostaza

mostaza f (plural mostaces)

1. mustard (plant)

Inherited from Latin mustāceus (with a later shift in gender), itself from mustum (“must”), because the condiment was originally prepared with must.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /mosˈtaθa/ [mosˈt̪a.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mosˈtasa/ [mosˈt̪a.sa]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: mos‧ta‧za

mostaza f (plural mostazas)

1. mustard

• “mostaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014