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meleca

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈlɛ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈlɛ.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈlɛ.kɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛkɐ

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

Derived terms

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meleca

inflection of melecar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“meleca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“meleca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

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