molete

Galician

Moletes

Etymology

Attested since 1707. From Old French pain mollet (“soft bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈlete̝/

Noun

molete m (plural moletes)

1. Galician muffin wheat bread
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Christobo:
     Eu cortarey o molete.
     Cathalina:
     Tomà vos essa rigeyfa,
     porque tamen e pantrigo.

     Christobo:
     "I'll cut the muffin"
     Cathalina:
     "Take that loaf,
     because it is also wheat bread"

References

• “molete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “molete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “molete” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Verb

molete

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of moler combined with te