meloso
Portuguese, adjective/meˈlo.zu/
meloso is spelled M-E-L-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meloso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “syrupy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doce; semelhante ao mel”.
What does meloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
syrupy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. doce; semelhante ao mel
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 meloso
- melosa feminine
- melosos masculine plural
- melosas 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 meloso?
- Brazil /meˈlo.zu/
- Portugal /mɨˈlo.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 meloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meloso in Portuguese?
meloso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).