melopea
Spanish, noun/meloˈpea/
melopea is spelled M-E-L-O-P-E-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melopea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “melopoeia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “el uso regular de todas las partes armónicas, es decir, el arte o reglas para la composición del canto”.
What does melopea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemelopoeia
- 2
colloquialfemininedrunkenness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. el uso regular de todas las partes armónicas, es decir, el arte o reglas para la composición del canto. 2. Ritmo marcado usado para recitar verso, o prosa de métrica bien definida. 3. Canto muy regular en su ritmo, hasta resultar monótono. 4. Estado de embriaguez, especialmente si produce un ánimo festivo que induce al afectado a cantar o expresar de otra manera su ánimo.
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 melopea
- melopeas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melopea?
- /meloˈpea/
- [me.loˈpe.a]
- [meloˈpea]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melopea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melopea in Spanish?
melopea appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).