Melo

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of melodrama. British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable

    "Bar burlesque & Penleyan comedy I am becoming tolerant of this insipid British drama. Even bad melo doesn’t cause me to vomit as it did of old."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Uruguay, capital of the department of Cerro Largo

Example

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"I have strong reasons to believe that my son Sérgio Melo has registered at Tatoeba today, Sunday, May 11 2014, as member number 20,000."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps after French mélo.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese melro (“blackbird”), similar to Spanish mirlo.

Related phrases

cerro largo

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