melladura

Spanish

Etymology

mellar +‎ -dura

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /meʝaˈduɾa/ [me.ʝaˈð̞u.ɾa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /meʎaˈduɾa/ [me.ʎaˈð̞u.ɾa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /meʃaˈduɾa/ [me.ʃaˈð̞u.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /meʒaˈduɾa/ [me.ʒaˈð̞u.ɾa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: me‧lla‧du‧ra

Noun

melladura f (plural melladuras)

  1. nick, dent
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 190:
      Las melladuras que el látigo hacía en el crucifijo
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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