melladura

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Spanish

Etymology

mellar +‎ -dura

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meʝaˈduɾa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /meʎaˈduɾa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meʃaˈduɾa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meʒaˈduɾa/

  • 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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