melindroso
Portuguese, adjective/me.lĩˈdɾo.zu/
melindroso is spelled M-E-L-I-N-D-R-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melindroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “performed with difficulty and commitment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem melindre”.
What does melindroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
performed with difficulty and commitment
- 2
causing difficulty or embarrassment
- 3
risky, dangerous
- 4
fragile, delicate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem melindre 2. escrupuloso 3. muito delicado 4. susceptível; facilmente impressionável
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 melindroso
- melindrosa feminine
- melindrosos masculine plural
- melindrosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melindroso?
- Brazil /me.lĩˈdɾo.zu/
- Portugal /mɨ.lĩˈdɾo.zu/
- Portugal /mɨ.lĩ.ˈdɾo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melindroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melindroso in Portuguese?
melindroso appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).