mole

bulk

mole(moh-leh)

feminine noun

1. (hunk)

a. bulk

El edificio era una mole de piedra y cristal.

The building was a bulk of stone and glass.

b. mass

El parque es una mole de madera y acero en vez de follaje.

The park is a mass of wood and steel instead of greenery.

c. pile

Hay una mole de documentos esperándote.

There is a pile of documents waiting for you.

d. block

Esa cosa no es una mesa; solo es una mole de madera.

That thing's not a table; it's just a block of wood.

masculine noun

2. (culinary)

a. mole

Mi abuela hacía el mejor mole del pueblo.

My grandmother made the best mole in town.

b. mole sauce

¿Vas a guisar el cerdo con mole o con salsa de champiñones?

Are you going to make the pork with mole sauce or mushroom sauce?

mole

Noun

1. (general)

a. hulk

2. (general)

a. thick, cooked chilli sauce

(Mexico)

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mole

(masa) mass; bulk; (edificio) pile

la enorme mole del buque the vast bulk of the ship; ese edificio/hombre es una mole that building/man is massive; se sentó con toda su mole he sat down with his full bulk o weight

mole (México)

(salsa) thick chilli sauce; (plato) meat in chilli sauce

ser el mole de algn to be sb's favourite thing

mole de olla meat stew

mole poblano meat dish from Puebla