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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly of pre-Roman origin,[1] or perhaps from Vulgar Latin *gemellō, *gemellāre, from Latin gemellus (cf. mellizo).[2] See also the related mella.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈʝaɾ/ [meˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /meˈʎaɾ/ [meˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈʃaɾ/ [meˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈʒaɾ/ [meˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: me‧llar

Verb

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mellar (first-person singular present mello, first-person singular preterite mellé, past participle mellado)

  1. (transitive) to nick, to dent
    Synonym: abollar
  2. (transitive) to diminish, to lessen, to reduce

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mellar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ mellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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