mueble

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mobilis, mobilem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmweble/
• Syllabification: mue‧ble
• Rhymes: -eble

Noun

mueble m (plural muebles)

1. a piece of furniture

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mueble”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōbilis. The unexpected diphthongization is due to influence from the verb mover, muevo. Compare the borrowed doublet móvil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmweble/ [ˈmwe.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -eble
• Syllabification: mue‧ble

Noun

mueble m (plural muebles)

1. a piece of furniture
2. (Spain, colloquial) in the reality show Big Brother, a contestant who does not generate content, who isn't the source of so many comments and who wanders around the house without generating any interest in the viewer
3. (rustic, Mexico, colloquial) car

   Synonyms: carro, auto

4. (Mexico, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is irrelevant, inactive, or unimportant in a situation; someone who is just “there” without influence or effect.
5. (Mexico, colloquial, figurative, often in storytelling; Mexican usage) A character who has no development or whose role is negligible, essentially “background furniture.”

Derived terms

• amueblar
• bienes muebles
• guardamuebles
• mueblería
• mueblista
• salvar los muebles

Related terms

• mobiliario
• mover
• móvil

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: mueble
• → Tagalog: muwebles

Further reading

• “mueble”, 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
• Names for Cars in Spanish