mueca
Spanish, noun/ˈmweka/
mueca is spelled M-U-E-C-A (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,514th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mueca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “an exaggerated facial expression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gesto, mímica, expresión del rostro, por lo general burlesca”.
What does mueca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininean exaggerated facial expression
- 2
femininegrimace
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesto, mímica, expresión del rostro, por lo general burlesca.
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 mueca
- muecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mueca?
- /ˈmweka/
- [ˈmwe.ka]
- [ˈmweka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mueca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mueca in Spanish?
mueca appears 1.3 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).