molleza

Spanish

Etymology

From muelle +‎ -eza, or from Latin mollitia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈʝeθa/ [moˈʝe.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /moˈʎeθa/ [moˈʎe.θa] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /moˈʝesa/ [moˈʝe.sa] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /moˈʎesa/ [moˈʎe.sa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /moˈʃesa/ [moˈʃe.sa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /moˈʒesa/ [moˈʒe.sa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -eθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: mo‧lle‧za

Noun

molleza f (plural mollezas)

(archaic) softness

Further reading

“molleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025