meleca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈlɛ.kɐ/

• (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)

1. (Brazil) booger (piece of nasal mucus)

   Synonyms: macaco, catota

2. (Brazil) goo (sticky liquid or semisolid substance)

   Synonym: gosma

3. (Brazil) dirty mess, especially one with goo

   Synonym: nojeira

4. (Brazil) something of poor quality or useless

   Synonyms: porcaria, lixo

Derived terms

• melecar
• melequento
• melequinha

 

Interjection

meleca!

1. yuck! (expresses mild, moderate or intense irritation at the event that by a slip something is soiled with any substance unintentionally)
2. damn! (expresses anger or irritation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meleca

1. 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, 2003–2024
• “meleca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024