mollez

Spanish

Etymology

From muelle +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈʝeθ/ [moˈʝeθ] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /moˈʎeθ/ [moˈʎeθ] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /moˈʝes/ [moˈʝes] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /moˈʎes/ [moˈʎes] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /moˈʃes/ [moˈʃes] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /moˈʒes/ [moˈʒes] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: mo‧llez

Noun

mollez f (plural molleces)

springiness

Further reading

“mollez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024