melopea

Italian

Noun

melopea f (plural melopee)

1. (music) melopoeia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meloˈpea/ [me.loˈpe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: me‧lo‧pe‧a

Noun

melopea f (plural melopeas)

1. (music) melopoeia
2. (colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

   • 1974, Patricio Chamizo, Paredes, un campesino extremeño:

     irte a la cama en seguida , a dormir la melopea

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “melopea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025