melancolía

See also: melancolia

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

Noun

melancolía f (plural melancolías)

1. melancholy

Related terms

• melancólico

 

Further reading

• “melancolía” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /melankoˈlia/ [me.lãŋ.koˈli.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: me‧lan‧co‧lí‧a

Noun

melancolía f (plural melancolías)

1. melancholy

Related terms

• melancólico
• melancolizar

 

Further reading

• “melancolía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014