mola
Portuguese, noun/ˈmɔ.lɐ/
mola is spelled M-O-L-A (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spring (device made of flexible material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de aço ou de outro material dotado de elasticidade”.
What does mola mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespring (device made of flexible material)
- 2
Portugalfeminineclothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)
- 3
feminineinformalmoney
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça de aço ou de outro material dotado de elasticidade 2. objeto ou utensílio cuja peça essencial é uma mola 3. objeto que, pelo mecanismo de uma mola, serve para prender roupa a um estendal
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mola
- molas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mola?
- Brazil /ˈmɔ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmɔ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mola in Portuguese?
mola appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).