muela
Spanish, noun/ˈmwela/
muela is spelled M-U-E-L-A (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “molar (back tooth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of moler. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disco de piedra que girando sobre otro o sobre la solera, muele lo que se interpone entre ambas piedras”.
What does muela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemolar (back tooth)
- 2
feminineinformaltooth (generally)
- 3
femininemillstone
- 4
femininegrindstone, whetstone
- 5
femininelong and boring conversation
- 6
femininegluttony
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disco de piedra que girando sobre otro o sobre la solera, muele lo que se interpone entre ambas piedras. 2. Piedra de asperón en forma de disco, que, al hacerla girar, se usa para afilar cualquier clase de herramientas. 3. Cada uno de los dientes que van detras de los caninos y premolares, cuya función es moler los alimentos masticados.
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 muela
- muelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muela?
- /ˈmwela/
- [ˈmwe.la]
- [ˈmwela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to muela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muela in Spanish?
muela appears 2.2 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).