mogate

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic مُغَطّة (muḡáṭṭa), from the Arabic root غ ط و (ḡ ṭ w, “to cover, to wrap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɡate/ [moˈɣ̞a.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: mo‧ga‧te

Noun

mogate m (plural mogates)

1. varnish

Further reading

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