mola

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.lə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.lə/

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia. A mola consists of cloth panels, made to wear on clothing, which feature complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
   • 1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué‎, page 67

     The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.

2. a sunfish, Mola mola

Anagrams

• LMAO, Malo, lmao, loam, malo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmola/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Adjective

mola (accusative singular molan, plural molaj, accusative plural molajn)

1. soft

Adjective

mola

1. soft

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌlˠə/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mol:
   1. present subjunctive analytic
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Mutation

Etymology

From Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Noun

mola f (plural mole)

1. millstone
2. grindstone
3. honing
4. (historical, Rome) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina.

Verb

mola

1. third-person singular present indicative of molare
2. second-person singular imperative of molare

See also

• molla

Anagrams

• almo
• malo

Noun

mola f

1. edge

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), from *mel-. Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/

Noun

mola f (genitive molae); first declension

1. millstone
2. (especially plural) mill
3. ground meal

References

• mola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Noun

mola f

1. superseded spelling of móla.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (plural molas)

1. spring (device made of flexible material)
2. (Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)

   Synonyms: grampo de roupa, grampo

Further reading

• mola on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Noun

mola m

1. genitive singular of mol

Verb

mola

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of molar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of molar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of molar.