mole

UK:^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈməʊl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/moʊl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mōl for 1-5; mō′lā; Sp. mô′le for 6)

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
mole n	(spot on skin)	lunar nm
	Kelsey had a mole on her face.
	Kelsey tenía un lunar en la cara.
mole n	(animal: mammal)	topo nm
	The farmer had moles in his fields.
	El granjero tenía topos en sus campos.
mole n	informal, figurative (spy)	espía n común
		topo nm
		infiltrado, infiltrada nm, nf
	The CIA caught a mole in their operation.
	La CIA atrapó a un espía en su operación.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
mole n	(chemistry)	mol nm
	One mole of hydrogen atoms weighs just over a gram.
	Un mol de átomos de hidrógeno pesa un poco más de un gramo.
mole n	(breakwater)	dique nm
		malecón nm
	The marina was protected by a mole.
	El puerto deportivo estaba protegido por un dique.
mole n	(harbor)	dique nm
		muelle nm
	The ship pulled into the mole in the evening.
	El barcó llegó al dique por la tarde.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
ambystomid n	(mole salamander)	Ambystoma n propio m
marsupial mole, pouched mole n	(animal)	topo marsupial loc nom m
mole catcher n	([sb]: traps moles)	cazador de topos nm + loc adj
mole fraction	(chemistry) (química)	fracción molar loc nom f
mole plow (US), mole plough (UK) n	(machine: turns soil)	arado nm
mole rat n	(African rodent)	rata topo loc nom f
mole rat, mole-rat n	(Eurasian rodent)	rata topo loc nom f
mole rat, Indian mole rat n	(Indian bandicoot)	rata topo de la India loc nom f
mole salamander n	colloquial (ambystomid: amphibian)	salamandra topo loc nom f
naked mole rat n	(African rodentt)	rata topo desnuda loc nom f
		rata topo lampiña loc nom f
whack-a-mole n	US (arcade game)	aplasta al topo loc nom m
		golpee al mole loc nom m
whack-a-mole n	US (futile effort to solve problems)	juego inútil nm + adj mf
	The government sets up a firewall, and hackers find a way around it; it's a game of whack-a-mole.

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Collocations: a [burrowing, golden, furry] mole, a mole has [smooth, velvety] fur, moles feed on [worms, insects, invertebrates], more...

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