melar
Portuguese, verb/meˈla(ʁ)/
melar is spelled M-E-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sweeten with honey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar algo melado”.
What does melar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sweeten with honey
- 2
to produce honey
- 3
to cover with honey
- 4
to cover or become covered with any sticky substance
verb
- 1
to wither, to dry up
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar algo melado 2. impedir que algo se concretize
verb: 1. adoçar com mel; besuntar com mel 2. produzir mel a colmeia
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 melar
- melo first-person present singular
- melei first-person preterite singular
- melado participle past
- melares infinitive second-person singular
- melarmos first-person infinitive plural
- melardes infinitive plural second-person
- melarem infinitive plural third-person
- melando gerund
- melados masculine participle past
- melada feminine participle past
- meladas feminine participle past
- melas indicative present second-person
- mela indicative present singular
- melamos first-person indicative plural
- melais indicative plural present
- melam indicative plural present
- melava first-person imperfect indicative
- melavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melar?
- Brazil /meˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [meˈla(h)]
- /meˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is melar in Portuguese?
melar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).