mueca
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Proto-Romance/Vulgar Latin root *mocc-, imitative of laughter. See also Middle French moquer, Portuguese moca, English mock.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mueca f (plural muecas)
- an exaggerated facial expression
- grimace
Derived terms[edit]
- hacer una mueca (“to grimace”)
Further reading[edit]
- “mueca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Spanish onomatopoeias
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