mellado

See also: Mellado

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of mellar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meˈʝado/ [meˈʝa.ð̞o]

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

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: me‧lla‧do

Adjective

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

1. chipped, nicked

   Synonyms: abollado, desportillado

   diente mellado ― chipped tooth

   plásticos mellados ― chipped plastic

2. missing a tooth
3. rough

Participle

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

1. past participle of mellar

Further reading

• “mellado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014