mota

dot

noun

mota
feminine noun
1speck (de polvo); dot (en una tela)

mota [mo’-tah]
noun
1A small knot on cloth, which is taken off with burling irons or scissors (nudillo en paño). (f)
2A bit of thread or anything similar sticking to clothes. (f)
3Mote, small particle of matter. (f)
4A slight defect or fault. (f)
5Bank or mound of earth. (f)
6Quota of each sailor to a common fund for subsistence stores, when the crew of a merchant vessel join together in trading. (f)
7Speck, tiny piece (partícula). (f)
8Dot (dibujo). (f)
9Ridge, boundary mark (mojón). (Agriculture & gram) (f)
10Lock of wavy hair (pelo). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
11Powder stuff (borla). (Andes & Caribbean & Mexico) (m)
12Marijuana plant (droga). (Botany & Mexico) (m)
  • Mota de polvo -> speck of dust
  • No hace mota de aire -> there isn't a breath of air

mota
sustantivo:femenino
1 (partícula) speck; tiny bit
mota de polvo speck of dust; mota de carbonilla smut; speck of coal dust
ver la mota en el ojo ajeno to see the mote in sb else's eye
2 (dibujo) dot
una mariposa blanca con motas azules a white butterfly speckled with blue; a motas [+dibujo] dotted
3 (en tela) (nudillo) burl; (jaspeado) fleck
4 (defecto) fault; blemish
5
no hace (ni) mota de aire there isn't a breath of air
6 (Geografía) hillock
7 (mojón) boundary mark; (césped) turf; clod used to block off irrigation channel; (used to block off irrigation channel)
8 (Latinoamérica) (pelo) lock of wavy hair
9 (And) (Caribe) (México) (borla) powder puff
10 (Latinoamérica) (lana) tuft of wool; (of wool)
11 (Latinoamérica) (planta) marijuana plant; (droga) grass; (familiar) pot; (muy_familiar)

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