moisés

/moiˈses/ · B2 · noun · m

crib

👶🧺 moisés = Moses, the baby floated in a basket among the reeds

Spanish moisés is the name Moses used for a baby's wicker bed. In the Bible, baby Moses was set afloat in a woven basket on the Nile, so a wicker crib took his name.

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