mellor

See also: Mellor

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mellor, from Latin melior, meliōrem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɪˈʎoɾ]

Adjective

mellor m or f (plural mellores)

  1. comparative degree of bo: better
    Antonym: peor
    Ese é mellor ― That one is better
  2. superlative degree of bo: best
    Antonym: peor
    Ese é o mellor ― That one is the best

Adverb

mellor

  1. comparative degree of ben, better
    Mellor non agardes por min ― You better don't wait for me

Derived terms
  • ao mellor
  • máis mellor (“much better”)

References
  • “mellor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mellor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mellor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mellor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “mellor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Verb

mellor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of mellō

Old French

Adjective

mellor

  1. Alternative form of meillor
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