moleja
Portuguese, noun/moˈle.ʒɐ/
moleja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sweetbread (pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially as food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carne da papada de suínos e de vacuns”.
What does moleja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesweetbread (pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially as food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carne da papada de suínos e de vacuns 2. pâncreas
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 moleja
- molejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moleja?
- Brazil /moˈle.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /muˈlɐ(j).ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moleja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.