muelle

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈmweʎe/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈmweɟ͡ʝe/, [ˈmweʝe]

From Latin mollis, mollem (“soft”), from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).

muelle (plural muelles)

1. soft, mild

• mole
• blando

muelle m (plural muelles)

1. spring (device made of flexible or coiled material)

• resorte

• mojar
• mullir

From Catalan moll (“mole, jetty”), from Latin mōles (“mass, mole, jetty”).

muelle m (plural muelles)

1. wharf, quay, pier

• embarcadero

• mole

• “muelle” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.