mofeta

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈfɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈfə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈfe.ta]

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian mofetta (“skunk”), from mofeta (“mofetta”).

Noun

mofeta f (plural mofetes)

1. skunk

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“mofetta”).

Noun

mofeta f (plural mofetes)

1. mofetta

Etymology 3

From mofar-se (“to mock”).

Noun

mofeta m or f by sense (plural mofetes)

1. a person who likes to make fun of other people

Related terms

• mofa

Further reading

• “mofeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Noun

mofeta f (plural mofete)

1. mofetta

Related terms

• mofetico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“pestilential exhalation”) and moffetta (“skunk”), from Latin mephitis (“sulphurous exhalation”), from which English mephitic descended.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈfeta/ [moˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: mo‧fe‧ta

Noun

mofeta f (plural mofetas)

1. skunk

   Synonyms: chingue, zorrillo, zorrino

Further reading

• “mofeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025