melasma
Spanish, noun/meˈlasma/
melasma is spelled M-E-L-A-S-M-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melasma is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “melasma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hiperpigmentación de la piel en zonas expuestas al sol (especialmente la cara)”.
What does melasma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemelasma
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hiperpigmentación de la piel en zonas expuestas al sol (especialmente la cara).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of melasma
- melasmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melasma?
- /meˈlasma/
- [meˈlaz.ma]
- [meˈlasma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melasma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melasma in Spanish?
melasma appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).