mueca

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mueca
feminine noun
1face, expression (gesto); grimace (de dolor)
  • hacer una mueca -> to pull a face
  • hizo una mueca de dolor -> she winced in pain, she grimaced with pain
  • los niños hacían muecas a espaldas del profesor -> the children were making o pulling faces behind the teacher's back

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mueca [moo-ay’-cah]
noun
1Grimace, wry face, grin. (f)

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mueca
sustantivo:femenino
(wry) face; grimace
hacer muecas to make faces; pull faces;a at; una mueca de asco/estupor/desesperación a disgusted/astonished/despairing expression
una mueca de amargura curvó sus labios

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