melão
Portuguese, noun/meˈlɐ̃w̃/
melão is spelled M-E-L-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “melon (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o fruto do meloeiro, Cucumis melo”.
What does melão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemelon (fruit)
- 2
colloquialmasculinebreast
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o fruto do meloeiro, Cucumis melo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of melão
- melões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melão?
- Brazil /meˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [meˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɨˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melão in Portuguese?
melão appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).