moleca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈlɛ.kɐ/, /moˈlɛ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈlɛ.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈlɛ.kɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Hyphenation: mo‧le‧ca

Noun

moleca f (plural molecas)

(Brazil) a female brat; a girl regarded as mischievous, unruly or spoiled
Synonym: chavala

Further reading

“moleca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“moleca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026