moot

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmuːt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/mut/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mo̅o̅t)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
moot adj (of no practical significance)irrelevante adj mf
 I understand what you mean but – well, it's rather a moot argument.
 Entiendo lo que quieres decir, pero es un punto irrelevante.
moot adj (debatable)debatible adj mf
  discutible adj mf
 Who is right and who is wrong in this argument is a moot question.
 Quién tiene razón y quién no en esta discusión es un asunto debatible.
moot [sth]⇒ vtr often passive (raise: a subject)discutir⇒ vtr
  sugerir⇒, proponer⇒ vtr
  (coloquial)salir a flote loc verb
 He always fell silent whenever the subject was mooted.
 Siempre se quedaba callado cuando se discutía el tema.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
moot court (mock court)tribunal ficticio loc nom m
moot point n ([sth] debatable)cuestión polémica nf + adj
 It is a moot point whether sex education among teenagers leads to fewer unwanted pregnancies.
 Si la educación sexual previene o no embarazos indeseados entre los adolescentes es una cuestión polémica.
  debate candente nf + adj
 Si la educación sexual previene o no embarazos indeseados entre los adolescentes es un debate candente.
  punto en tela de juicio nm + loc adj
 Si la educación sexual previene o no embarazos indeseados entre los adolescentes es un punto en tela de juicio.
moot point n (academic, of no practical significance)cuestión puramente intelectual nf + loc adj
 Wondering about how things were before the birth of the universe is a moot point.
 Preguntarse cómo eran las cosas antes del nacimiento del universo es una cuestión puramente intelectual.
  cuestión de interés académico nf + loc adj
 Preguntarse cómo eran las cosas antes del nacimiento del universo es una cuestión de interés académico.
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Collocations: a moot [point, question, issue], moot a [scheme, plan, question], it doesn't matter; the [point] is moot (anyway), more...

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