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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps from melar + -eca.
Noun
meleca f (plural melecas)
- (Brazil) booger (piece of nasal mucus)
- Synonyms: macaco, catota
- (Brazil) goo (sticky liquid or semisolid substance)
- Synonym: gosma
- (Brazil) dirty mess, especially one with goo
- Synonym: nojeira
- (Brazil) something of poor quality or useless
- Synonyms: porcaria, lixo
Interjection
meleca!
- yuck! (expresses mild, moderate or intense irritation at the event that by a slip something is soiled with any substance unintentionally)
- damn! (expresses anger or irritation)
Etymology 2
Verb
meleca
- inflection of melecar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative