mueca

Spanish

Etymology

From a Proto-Romance/Vulgar Latin root *mocc-, imitative of laughter. See also Middle French moquer, Portuguese moca, English mock.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmweka/ [ˈmwe.ka]
Rhymes: -eka
Syllabification: mue‧ca

Noun

mueca f (plural muecas)

an exaggerated facial expression
grimace

Derived terms

hacer una mueca (“to grimace”)

Further reading

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

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