melancia

Portuguese edit

melancias

Etymology edit

Alteration of balancia (“watermelon”), influenced by melão (“melon”), from Arabic بَلَنْسِيّ (balansiyy, “Valencian”).

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.lɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.lɐ̃ˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: me‧lan‧ci‧a

Noun edit

melancia f (plural melancias)

watermelon (plant)
Synonym: melancieira
watermelon (fruit)

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