molete

Galician

Moletes

Etymology

Attested since 1707. From Old French pain mollet (“soft bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈlete̝/

Noun

molete m (plural moletes)

1. Galician muffin wheat bread
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Christobo:
     Eu cortarey o molete.
     Cathalina:
     Tomà vos essa rigeyfa,
     porque tamen e pantrigo.

     Christobo:
     "I'll cut the muffin"
     Cathalina:
     "Take that loaf,
     because it is also wheat bread"

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “molete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “molete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “molete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Verb

molete

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of moler combined with te