muesca

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal of moscar, from Vulgar Latin *mossicāre, from Latin morsicāre (“to nibble, to chew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmweska/ [ˈmwes.ka]
• Rhymes: -eska
• Syllabification: mues‧ca

Noun

muesca f (plural muescas)

1. notch, groove

Derived terms

• muesca superior (“top notch”)

Further reading

• “muesca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10