mofeta
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Italian mofetta (“skunk”), from mofeta (“mofetta”).
Noun[edit]
mofeta f (plural mofetes)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“mofetta”).
Noun[edit]
mofeta f (plural mofetes)
Etymology 3[edit]
From mofar-se (“to mock”).
Noun[edit]
mofeta m or f by sense (plural mofetes)
- a person who likes to make fun of other people
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mofeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
mofeta f (plural mofete)
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“pestilential exhalation”) and moffetta (“skunk”), from Latin mephitis (“sulphurous exhalation”), from which English mephitic descended.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mofeta f (plural mofetas)
Further reading[edit]
- “mofeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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