melado

== English == === Alternative forms === melada === Etymology === From Spanish melado, from melar (“to sugar, to candy”). === Noun === melado (countable and uncountable, plural melados or meladoes) a mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained === Anagrams === AMOLED, loamed == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈlado/ [meˈla.ð̞ʊ] Rhymes: -ado Hyphenation: me‧la‧do === Adjective === melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas) honey-sweet (very sweet) honey-colored (having the color of honey) === Participle === melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas) past participle of melar === Further reading === “melado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: me‧la‧do === Etymology 1 === From melar (“to sweeten with honey”). ==== Noun ==== melado m (plural melados) molasses ==== Adjective ==== melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas, comparable, comparative mais melado, superlative o mais melado or meladíssimo, diminutive meladinho, augmentative meladão) honey-sweet (very sweet) honey-colored (having the color of honey) sticky (Brazil, colloquial) drunk ==== Participle ==== melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas) past participle of melar === Etymology 2 === From melar (“to wither, dry up”). ==== Adjective ==== melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas, comparable, comparative mais melado, superlative o mais melado or meladíssimo, diminutive meladinho, augmentative meladão) withered Synonyms: chocho, peco ==== Participle ==== melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas) past participle of melar === Further reading === “melado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “melado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈlado/ [meˈla.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: me‧la‧do === Noun === melado m (plural melados) melado === Participle === melado (feminine melada, masculine plural melados, feminine plural meladas) past participle of melar === Further reading === “melado”, 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