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The Spanish word for cheek is
mejilla





cheek

Gender

The gender of mejilla is feminine. E.g. la mejilla.

Plural

The plural of mejilla is mejillas.

Spanish Definition


cheek
     1. n. Mejilla
     2. n. Insolencia, impudencia



Translations for cheek and their definitions

mejilla
     1. n-f. (anatomy) cheek


cacha
     1. n-f. (often, in the plural) piece of the handle of a knife
     2. n-f. (often, in the firearms) stock, buttstock, butt (the part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shoulder)
     3. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) buttock
     4. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) cheek
     5. n-f. (Peru, colloquial) mockery
     6. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) leg, thigh
     7. n-f. (Chile, colloquial) sexual intercourse
     8. v. third-person singular present indicative of cachar


cachete
     1. n-m. cheek
     2. n-m. buttock, butt-cheek
     3. n-m. smack


nalga
     1. n-f. buttock


descoco
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of descocarse


glúteo
     1. n-m. gluteal
     2. adj. (anatomy) gluteal


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation

Mexican Dialect

mejilla



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