noun, feminine/ˈmota/plural: motas
speck (tiny spot or particle), mote; marijuana; pill, fluff
Synonyms: partícula, migaja, ápice, bareta, hierba, macoña, maría, marimba
Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *muþraz (“sediment”), cognate to Italian mota, English mud, Dutch modder. Or, possibly from Iberian.