mellar

Spanish

Etymology

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
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈʝaɾ/ [meˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /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

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
    Conjugation of mellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mellar
gerund mellando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mellado mellada
plural mellados melladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mello mellastú
mellásvos		 mella mellamos melláis mellan
imperfect mellaba mellabas mellaba mellábamos mellabais mellaban
preterite mellé mellaste melló mellamos mellasteis mellaron
future mellaré mellarás mellará mellaremos mellaréis mellarán
conditional mellaría mellarías mellaría mellaríamos mellaríais mellarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present melle mellestú
mellésvos2		 melle mellemos melléis mellen
imperfect
(ra)		 mellara mellaras mellara melláramos mellarais mellaran
imperfect
(se)		 mellase mellases mellase mellásemos mellaseis mellasen
future1 mellare mellares mellare melláremos mellareis mellaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative mellatú
mellávos		 melle mellemos mellad mellen
negative no melles no melle no mellemos no melléis no mellen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mellar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive mellar
dative mellarme mellarte mellarle, mellarse mellarnos mellaros mellarles, mellarse
accusative mellarme mellarte mellarlo, mellarla, mellarse mellarnos mellaros mellarlos, mellarlas, mellarse
with gerund mellando
dative mellándome mellándote mellándole, mellándose mellándonos mellándoos mellándoles, mellándose
accusative mellándome mellándote mellándolo, mellándola, mellándose mellándonos mellándoos mellándolos, mellándolas, mellándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mella
dative méllame méllate méllale méllanos not used méllales
accusative méllame méllate méllalo, méllala méllanos not used méllalos, méllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mellá
dative mellame mellate mellale mellanos not used mellales
accusative mellame mellate mellalo, mellala mellanos not used mellalos, mellalas
with formal second-person singular imperative melle
dative mélleme not used méllele, méllese méllenos not used mélleles
accusative mélleme not used méllelo, méllela, méllese méllenos not used méllelos, méllelas
with first-person plural imperative mellemos
dative not used mellémoste mellémosle mellémonos mellémoos mellémosles
accusative not used mellémoste mellémoslo, mellémosla mellémonos mellémoos mellémoslos, mellémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mellad
dative melladme not used melladle melladnos mellaos melladles
accusative melladme not used melladlo, melladla melladnos mellaos melladlos, melladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mellen
dative méllenme not used méllenle méllennos not used méllenles, méllense
accusative méllenme not used méllenlo, méllenla méllennos not used méllenlos, méllenlas, méllense

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. “mellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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