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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mellor, from Latin melior, meliōrem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mellor m or f (plural mellores)
- comparative degree of bo: better
- Antonym: peor
- Ese é mellor ― That one is better
- superlative degree of bo: best
- Antonym: peor
- Ese é o mellor ― That one is the best
Adverb
mellor
- comparative degree of ben, better
- Mellor non agardes por min ― You better don't wait for me
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “mellor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mellor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mellor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mellor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mellor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin
Verb
mellor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of mellō
Old French
Adjective
mellor
- Alternative form of meillor