mueca

Spanish

Etymology

From a Proto-Romance/Vulgar Latin root *mocc-, imitative of laughter. See also Middle French moquer, Portuguese moca, English mock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmweka/ [ˈmwe.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: mue‧ca

Noun

mueca f (plural muecas)

1. an exaggerated facial expression
2. grimace

Derived terms

• hacer una mueca (“to grimace”)

 

Further reading

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