melodrama
Portuguese, noun/me.loˈdɾɐ̃.mɐ/
melodrama is spelled M-E-L-O-D-R-A-M-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melodrama is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “melodrama (romantic drama)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does melodrama mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemelodrama (romantic drama)
- 2
masculinemelodrama (any situation or action which is blown out of proportion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of melodrama
- melodramas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melodrama?
- Brazil /me.loˈdɾɐ̃.mɐ/
- Portugal /mɛ.lɔˈdɾɐ.mɐ/
- Portugal [mɛ.lɔˈðɾɐ.mɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melodrama
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melodrama in Portuguese?
melodrama appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).