motejar

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [mu.təˈʒa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [mo.təˈʒa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [mo.teˈd͡ʒaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [mo.teˈʒa] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Etymology 1 === From mot (“word”) +‎ -ejar. ==== Verb ==== motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motegí, past participle motejat) (transitive) to call names; to nickname Synonym: motiuejar ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From mota (“fleck, spot”) +‎ -ejar. ==== Verb ==== motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motegí, past participle motejat) (especially of cloth) (transitive, Valencia) to fleck, to spot ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== motejat === Further reading === “motejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “motejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “motejar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mo‧te‧jar === Verb === motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motejei, past participle motejado) to joke, banter to mock, ridicule ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “motejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “motejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /moteˈxaɾ/ [mo.t̪eˈxaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: mo‧te‧jar === Verb === motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motejé, past participle motejado) (transitive) to nickname (to give a nickname to) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “motejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025