melindre
Galician
Melindres
Alternative forms
- melindro, milindre, milindro
Etymology
Attested since the 19th century. Borrowed from Spanish melindre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [meˈlindɾɪ]
Noun
melindre m (plural melindres)
- (cooking) a baked doughnut covered in thick sugar water
- candy
- excessive, awkward tenderness or kindness
References
- “melindre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “melindre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “melindre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈlĩ.dɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈlĩ.dɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈlĩ.dɾ(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: me‧lin‧dre
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish melindre.
Noun
melindre m (plural melindres)
- tenderness, kindness
- embarrassment, shame
- emotional susceptibility or vulnerability
- (botany) asparagus (plant of the genus Asparagus)
- (cooking) a type of honey cake
Related terms
- melindroso
- melindrar
Verb
melindre
- inflection of melindrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Noun
melindre m (plural melindres)
- tenderness and kindness in words
- (cooking) a type of honey cake
References
- WordReference.com
Further reading
- “melindre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014