mellado

See also: Mellado

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of mellar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈʝado/ [meˈʝa.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈʎado/ [meˈʎa.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈʃado/ [meˈʃa.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈʒado/ [meˈʒa.ð̞o]

Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: me‧lla‧do

Adjective

mellado (feminine mellada, masculine plural mellados, feminine plural melladas)

chipped, nicked
Synonyms: abollado, desportillado

diente mellado ― chipped tooth

plásticos mellados ― chipped plastic
missing a tooth
rough

Participle

mellado (feminine mellada, masculine plural mellados, feminine plural melladas)

past participle of mellar

Further reading

“mellado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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