mellar
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly of pre-Roman origin[1], or perhaps from Vulgar Latin *gemellō, *gemellāre, from Latin gemellus (cf. mellizo)[2]. See also the related mella.
Verb
mellar (first-person singular present mello, first-person singular preterite mellé, past participle mellado)
- (transitive) to nick, to dent
- Synonym: abollar
- (transitive) to diminish, to lessen, to reduce
Conjugation
Conjugation of mellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | mellar | ||||||
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gerund | mellando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | mellado | mellada | |||||
plural | mellados | melladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | mello | mellastú mellásvos | mella | mellamos | melláis | mellan | |
imperfect | mellaba | mellabas | mellaba | mellábamos | mellabais | mellaban | |
preterite | mellé | mellaste | melló | mellamos | mellasteis | mellaron | |
future | mellaré | mellarás | mellará | mellaremos | mellaréis | mellarán | |
conditional | mellaría | mellarías | mellaría | mellaríamos | mellaríais | mellarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | melle | mellestú mellésvos2 | melle | mellemos | melléis | mellen | |
imperfect (ra) | mellara | mellaras | mellara | melláramos | mellarais | mellaran | |
imperfect (se) | mellase | mellases | mellase | mellásemos | mellaseis | mellasen | |
future1 | mellare | mellares | mellare | melláremos | mellareis | mellaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | mellatú mellávos | melle | mellemos | mellad | mellen | ||
negative | no melles | no melle | no mellemos | no melléis | no mellen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of mellar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive mellar | |||||||
dative | mellarme | mellarte | mellarle, mellarse | mellarnos | mellaros | mellarles, mellarse | |
accusative | mellarme | mellarte | mellarlo, mellarla, mellarse | mellarnos | mellaros | mellarlos, mellarlas, mellarse | |
with gerund mellando | |||||||
dative | mellándome | mellándote | mellándole, mellándose | mellándonos | mellándoos | mellándoles, mellándose | |
accusative | mellándome | mellándote | mellándolo, mellándola, mellándose | mellándonos | mellándoos | mellándolos, mellándolas, mellándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mella | |||||||
dative | méllame | méllate | méllale | méllanos | not used | méllales | |
accusative | méllame | méllate | méllalo, méllala | méllanos | not used | méllalos, méllalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mellá | |||||||
dative | mellame | mellate | mellale | mellanos | not used | mellales | |
accusative | mellame | mellate | mellalo, mellala | mellanos | not used | mellalos, mellalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative melle | |||||||
dative | mélleme | not used | méllele, méllese | méllenos | not used | mélleles | |
accusative | mélleme | not used | méllelo, méllela, méllese | méllenos | not used | méllelos, méllelas | |
with first-person plural imperative mellemos | |||||||
dative | not used | mellémoste | mellémosle | mellémonos | mellémoos | mellémosles | |
accusative | not used | mellémoste | mellémoslo, mellémosla | mellémonos | mellémoos | mellémoslos, mellémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative mellad | |||||||
dative | melladme | not used | melladle | melladnos | mellaos | melladles | |
accusative | melladme | not used | melladlo, melladla | melladnos | mellaos | melladlos, melladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative mellen | |||||||
dative | méllenme | not used | méllenle | méllennos | not used | méllenles, méllense | |
accusative | méllenme | not used | méllenlo, méllenla | méllennos | not used | méllenlos, méllenlas, méllense |
Related terms
- mella
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- “mellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “mellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014