mellado

See also: Mellado

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of mellar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meˈʝado/ [meˈʝa.ð̞o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /meˈʎado/ [meˈʎa.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /meˈʃado/ [meˈʃa.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /meˈʒado/ [meˈʒa.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: me‧lla‧do

Adjective

mellado (feminine mellada, masculine plural mellados, feminine plural melladas)

chipped, nicked
Synonyms: abollado, desportillado

diente mellado ― chipped tooth

plásticos mellados ― chipped plastic
missing a tooth
rough

Participle

mellado (feminine mellada, masculine plural mellados, feminine plural melladas)

past participle of mellar

Further reading

“mellado”, 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