melar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ar

Adjective

melar (comparative lebih melar, superlative paling melar)

1. stretchy, flexible, elastic

   Synonyms: mulur, bengkar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈla(ʁ)/ [meˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈla(ʁ)/ [meˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈla(ʁ)/ [meˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: me‧lar

Etymology 1

From mel (“honey”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

melar (first-person singular present melo, first-person singular preterite melei, past participle melado)

1. (transitive) to sweeten with honey
2. (intransitive) to produce honey
3. (pronominal) to cover with honey
4. (by extension) to cover or become covered with any sticky substance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of melar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	melar
Personal	melar	melares	melar	melarmos	melardes	melarem
Gerund
	melando
Past participle
Masculine	melado			melados
Feminine	melada			meladas
Indicative
Present	melo	melas	mela	melamos	melais	melam
Imperfect	melava	melavas	melava	melávamos	meláveis	melavam
Preterite	melei	melaste	melou	melamos1, melámos2	melastes	melaram
Pluperfect	melara	melaras	melara	meláramos	meláreis	melaram
Future	melarei	melarás	melará	melaremos	melareis	melarão
Conditional	melaria	melarias	melaria	melaríamos	melaríeis	melariam
Subjunctive
Present	mele	meles	mele	melemos	meleis	melem
Imperfect	melasse	melasses	melasse	melássemos	melásseis	melassem
Future	melar	melares	melar	melarmos	melardes	melarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mela	mele	melemos	melai	melem
Negative (não)		não meles	não mele	não melemos	não meleis	não melem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• melado

Etymology 2

From mela (“blight”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

melar (first-person singular present melo, first-person singular preterite melei, past participle melado)

1. (intransitive) to wither, to dry up

   Synonym: murchar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of melar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	melar
Personal	melar	melares	melar	melarmos	melardes	melarem
Gerund
	melando
Past participle
Masculine	melado			melados
Feminine	melada			meladas
Indicative
Present	melo	melas	mela	melamos	melais	melam
Imperfect	melava	melavas	melava	melávamos	meláveis	melavam
Preterite	melei	melaste	melou	melamos1, melámos2	melastes	melaram
Pluperfect	melara	melaras	melara	meláramos	meláreis	melaram
Future	melarei	melarás	melará	melaremos	melareis	melarão
Conditional	melaria	melarias	melaria	melaríamos	melaríeis	melariam
Subjunctive
Present	mele	meles	mele	melemos	meleis	melem
Imperfect	melasse	melasses	melasse	melássemos	melásseis	melassem
Future	melar	melares	melar	melarmos	melardes	melarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mela	mele	melemos	melai	melem
Negative (não)		não meles	não mele	não melemos	não meleis	não melem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• melado
• melação

Further reading

• “melar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “melar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlaɾ/ [meˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧lar

Etymology 1

From miel (“honey”) +‎ -ar.

Adjective

melar m or f (masculine and feminine plural melares)

1. honey sweet (said of fruit or sugarcane)

Etymology 2

Verb

melar (first-person singular present mielo, first-person singular preterite melé, past participle melado)

1. (transitive) to fill (combs) with honey
2. (intransitive) to boil (cane juice) for a second time, boil clear
3. (intransitive) to fill the combs with honey

Conjugation

    Conjugation of melar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			melar
gerund			melando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		melado		melada
		plural		melados		meladas
		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	mielo	mielastú melásvos	miela	melamos	meláis	mielan
	imperfect	melaba	melabas	melaba	melábamos	melabais	melaban
	preterite	melé	melaste	meló	melamos	melasteis	melaron
	future	melaré	melarás	melará	melaremos	melaréis	melarán
	conditional	melaría	melarías	melaría	melaríamos	melaríais	melarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	miele	mielestú melésvos2	miele	melemos	meléis	mielen
	imperfect (ra)	melara	melaras	melara	meláramos	melarais	melaran
	imperfect (se)	melase	melases	melase	melásemos	melaseis	melasen
	future1	melare	melares	melare	meláremos	melareis	melaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mielatú melávos	miele	melemos	melad	mielen
	negative		no mieles	no miele	no melemos	no meléis	no mielen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of melar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive melar	dative	melarme	melarte	melarle, melarse	melarnos	melaros	melarles, melarse
	accusative	melarme	melarte	melarlo, melarla, melarse	melarnos	melaros	melarlos, melarlas, melarse
with gerund melando	dative	melándome	melándote	melándole, melándose	melándonos	melándoos	melándoles, melándose
	accusative	melándome	melándote	melándolo, melándola, melándose	melándonos	melándoos	melándolos, melándolas, melándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative miela	dative	miélame	miélate	miélale	miélanos	not used	miélales
	accusative	miélame	miélate	miélalo, miélala	miélanos	not used	miélalos, miélalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative melá	dative	melame	melate	melale	melanos	not used	melales
	accusative	melame	melate	melalo, melala	melanos	not used	melalos, melalas
with formal second-person singular imperative miele	dative	miéleme	not used	miélele, miélese	miélenos	not used	miéleles
	accusative	miéleme	not used	miélelo, miélela, miélese	miélenos	not used	miélelos, miélelas
with first-person plural imperative melemos	dative	not used	melémoste	melémosle	melémonos	melémoos	melémosles
	accusative	not used	melémoste	melémoslo, melémosla	melémonos	melémoos	melémoslos, melémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative melad	dative	meladme	not used	meladle	meladnos	melaos	meladles
	accusative	meladme	not used	meladlo, meladla	meladnos	melaos	meladlos, meladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mielen	dative	miélenme	not used	miélenle	miélennos	not used	miélenles, miélense
	accusative	miélenme	not used	miélenlo, miélenla	miélennos	not used	miélenlos, miélenlas, miélense

Derived terms

• melado
• meladora
• meladura

Further reading

• “melar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024