melindre

Galician

Melindres

Alternative forms

melindro, milindre, milindro

Etymology

Attested since the 19th century. Borrowed from Spanish melindre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [meˈlindɾɪ]

Noun

melindre m (plural melindres)

(cooking) a baked doughnut covered in thick sugar water
candy
excessive, awkward tenderness or kindness

References

“melindre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“melindre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“melindre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈlĩ.dɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈlĩ.dɾe/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈlĩ.dɾɨ/

Hyphenation: me‧lin‧dre

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish melindre.

Noun

melindre m (plural melindres)

tenderness, kindness
embarrassment, shame
emotional susceptibility or vulnerability
(botany) asparagus (plant of the genus Asparagus)
(cooking) a type of honey cake

Related terms

Verb

melindre

inflection of melindrar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Noun

melindre m (plural melindres)

tenderness and kindness in words
(cooking) a type of honey cake

References

WordReference.com

Further reading

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

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