melífluo
Portuguese, adjective/meˈli.fl(w)u/
melífluo is spelled M-E-L-Í-F-L-U-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese, the 201,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melífluo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “mellifluous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que corre como o mel”.
What does melífluo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mellifluous
- 2
unctuous
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que corre como o mel 2. que deita mel 3. que mana mel 4. muito doce
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 melífluo
- melíflua feminine
- melífluos masculine plural
- melífluas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melífluo?
- Brazil /meˈli.fl(w)u/
- Portugal /mɨˈli.flu.u/
- Portugal /mɨˈli.flwu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melífluo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melífluo in Portuguese?
melífluo appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).