mojar

Borrowed from Hungarian mozsár, from German Mörser.

mojar n (plural mojare)

1. mortar (for grinding)

   Synonym: piuliță

• mortar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), a verb based on Latin mollis (“soft”). Compare Catalan mullar, Portuguese molhar.

• IPA^(key): /moˈxaɾ/ [moˈxaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧jar

mojar (first-person singular present mojo, first-person singular preterite mojé, past participle mojado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to make wet, to wet
2. (transitive) to dip (+ en)
3. (transitive) to toast (celebrate with a drink)

   Synonym: brindar

• “mojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16