melaza

Asturian

Noun

melaza f (plural melaces)

1. molasses (thick brownish syrup refined from raw sugar)

Spanish

Etymology

Most likely from French mélasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meˈlaθa/ [meˈla.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meˈlasa/ [meˈla.sa]

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• Rhymes: -aθa
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: me‧la‧za

Noun

melaza f (plural melazas)

1. molasses

Further reading

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