melado

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Spanish melado, from melar (to sugar, to candy).

Noun

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melado (countable and uncountable, plural melados or meladoes)

  1. a mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for melado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈlado/ [meˈla.ð̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Hyphenation: me‧la‧do

Adjective

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melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas)

  1. honey-sweet (very sweet)
  2. honey-colored (having the color of honey)

Participle

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melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas)

  1. past participle of melar

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: me‧la‧do

Etymology 1

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From melar (to sweeten with honey).

Noun

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melado m (plural melados)

  1. molasses

Adjective

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melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas, comparable, comparative mais melado, superlative o mais melado or meladíssimo, diminutive meladinho, augmentative meladão)

  1. honey-sweet (very sweet)
  2. honey-colored (having the color of honey)
  3. sticky
  4. (Brazil, colloquial) drunk

Participle

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melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas)

  1. past participle of melar

Etymology 2

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From melar (to wither, dry up).

Adjective

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melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas, comparable, comparative mais melado, superlative o mais melado or meladíssimo, diminutive meladinho, augmentative meladão)

  1. withered
    Synonyms: chocho, peco

Participle

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melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas)

  1. past participle of melar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈlado/ [meˈla.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: me‧la‧do

Noun

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melado m (plural melados)

  1. melado

Participle

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melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas)

  1. past participle of melar

Further reading

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