molhadela
Portuguese
Etymology
From molhada (“wetting”) + -ela.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.ʎaˈdɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.ʎaˈdɛ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.ʎɐˈdɛ.lɐ/ [mu.ʎɐˈðɛ.lɐ]
Noun
molhadela f (plural molhadelas)
- a slight wetting (act of making something wet)
Related terms
Further reading
- “molhadela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “molhadela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026