mellar

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly of pre-Roman origin, or perhaps from Vulgar Latin *gemellō, *gemellāre, from Latin gemellus (cf. mellizo). See also the related mella.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meˈʝaɾ/ [meˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈʝaɾ/ [meˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /meˈʎaɾ/ [meˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈʃaɾ/ [meˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈʒaɾ/ [meˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧llar

Verb

mellar (first-person singular present mello, first-person singular preterite mellé, past participle mellado)

1. (transitive) to nick, to dent

   Synonym: abollar

2. (transitive) to diminish, to lessen, to reduce

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mellar
gerund			mellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mellado		mellada
		plural		mellados		melladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mello	mellastú mellásvos	mella	mellamos	melláis	mellan
	imperfect	mellaba	mellabas	mellaba	mellábamos	mellabais	mellaban
	preterite	mellé	mellaste	melló	mellamos	mellasteis	mellaron
	future	mellaré	mellarás	mellará	mellaremos	mellaréis	mellarán
	conditional	mellaría	mellarías	mellaría	mellaríamos	mellaríais	mellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	melle	mellestú mellésvos2	melle	mellemos	melléis	mellen
	imperfect (ra)	mellara	mellaras	mellara	melláramos	mellarais	mellaran
	imperfect (se)	mellase	mellases	mellase	mellásemos	mellaseis	mellasen
	future1	mellare	mellares	mellare	melláremos	mellareis	mellaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mellatú mellávos	melle	mellemos	mellad	mellen
	negative		no melles	no melle	no mellemos	no melléis	no mellen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mellar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mellar
	dative	mellarme	mellarte	mellarle, mellarse	mellarnos	mellaros	mellarles, mellarse
	accusative	mellarme	mellarte	mellarlo, mellarla, mellarse	mellarnos	mellaros	mellarlos, mellarlas, mellarse
with gerund mellando
	dative	mellándome	mellándote	mellándole, mellándose	mellándonos	mellándoos	mellándoles, mellándose
	accusative	mellándome	mellándote	mellándolo, mellándola, mellándose	mellándonos	mellándoos	mellándolos, mellándolas, mellándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mella
	dative	méllame	méllate	méllale	méllanos	not used	méllales
	accusative	méllame	méllate	méllalo, méllala	méllanos	not used	méllalos, méllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mellá
	dative	mellame	mellate	mellale	mellanos	not used	mellales
	accusative	mellame	mellate	mellalo, mellala	mellanos	not used	mellalos, mellalas
with formal second-person singular imperative melle
	dative	mélleme	not used	méllele, méllese	méllenos	not used	mélleles
	accusative	mélleme	not used	méllelo, méllela, méllese	méllenos	not used	méllelos, méllelas
with first-person plural imperative mellemos
	dative	not used	mellémoste	mellémosle	mellémonos	mellémoos	mellémosles
	accusative	not used	mellémoste	mellémoslo, mellémosla	mellémonos	mellémoos	mellémoslos, mellémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mellad
	dative	melladme	not used	melladle	melladnos	mellaos	melladles
	accusative	melladme	not used	melladlo, melladla	melladnos	mellaos	melladlos, melladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mellen
	dative	méllenme	not used	méllenle	méllennos	not used	méllenles, méllense
	accusative	méllenme	not used	méllenlo, méllenla	méllennos	not used	méllenlos, méllenlas, méllense

Related terms

• mella

 

Further reading

• “mellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28