mole
Spanish, noun
mole is spelled M-O-L-E (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mole is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hunk, chunk, slab (thing of large size or quantity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of molar. With an accent, molé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of molar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto de gran masa, volumen, bulto, tamaño o corpulencia”.
What does mole mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesoft, mild
noun
- 1
femininehunk, chunk, slab (thing of large size or quantity)
- 2
femininemassiveness
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinemole, a type of stew
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of molar
- 2
second-person singular voseo imperative of moler
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Suave, blando, que cede fácilmente al tacto.
noun: 1. Objeto de gran masa, volumen, bulto, tamaño o corpulencia. 2. Bulto, objeto grande, masivo y deforme.
noun: 1. Pasta o salsa espesa y muy condimentada que se prepara con diversos ingredientes, a menudo incluyendo cacao y chiles. Es más común en México y Centroamérica. 2. Plato elaborado con esta pasta o salsa, que generalmente baña una carne.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mole
- moles feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mole in Spanish?
mole appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).