mofeta
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