melé
Spanish, noun/meˈle/
melé is spelled M-E-L-É (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melé is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scrum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular preterite indicative of melar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Modalidad de combate cerrado y desorganizado en una batalla naval o en tierra firme que se libraba…”.
What does melé mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescrum
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of melar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Modalidad de combate cerrado y desorganizado en una batalla naval o en tierra firme que se libraba normalmente a corta distancia y con poco control central una vez que se iniciaba. 2. En el rugby, formación fija cuya función es disputar la pelota y volver a ponerla en juego, luego de una falta menor.
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 melé
- melés plural
- melée alternative
- mêlée alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melé?
- /meˈle/
- [meˈle]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melé in Spanish?
melé appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).