muela

See also: Muela

Asturian

Noun

muela f (plural mueles)

1. grindstone
2. molar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmwela/ [ˈmwe.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: mue‧la

Etymology 1

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

Noun

muela f (plural muelas)

1. molar
2. grindstone

Derived terms

• echar las muelas
• me cago en tus muelas
• muela cordal
• muela del juicio
• sacamuelas

 

Related terms

• molar
• moler
• molero
• molino
• molón

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muela

1. inflection of moler:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “muela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014