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)

1. (cooking) a baked doughnut covered in thick sugar water
2. candy
3. 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/

• (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)

1. tenderness, kindness
2. embarrassment, shame
3. emotional susceptibility or vulnerability
4. (botany) asparagus (plant of the genus Asparagus)
5. (cooking) a type of honey cake

Related terms

• melindroso
• melindrar

Etymology 2

Verb

melindre

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

Spanish

Noun

melindre m (plural melindres)

1. tenderness and kindness in words
2. (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