mofeta
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian mofetta (“skunk”), from mofeta (“mofetta”).
Noun
mofeta f (plural mofetes)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“mofetta”).
Noun
mofeta f (plural mofetes)
Etymology 3
From mofar-se (“to mock”).
Noun
mofeta m or f by sense (plural mofetes)
- a person who likes to make fun of other people
Related terms
Further reading
- “mofeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
Noun
mofeta f (plural mofete)
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“pestilential exhalation”) and moffetta (“skunk”), from Latin mephitis (“sulphurous exhalation”), from which English mephitic descended.
Pronunciation
Noun
mofeta f (plural mofetas)
Further reading
- “mofeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10