muesca
Spanish, noun/ˈmweska/
muesca is spelled M-U-E-S-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muesca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “notch, groove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Concavidad o hueco que hay o se hace en una cosa para encajar otra”.
What does muesca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenotch, groove
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Concavidad o hueco que hay o se hace en una cosa para encajar otra. 2. Mordida o vaciado que se practica sobre un cuerpo, generalmente en forma de semicírculo, para que sirva como señal. 3. Corte que en forma semicircular se hace al ganado vacuno en la oreja para que sirva de señal.
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 muesca
- muescas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muesca?
- /ˈmweska/
- [ˈmwes.ka]
- [ˈmweska]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to muesca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muesca in Spanish?
muesca appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).