Galician

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Etymology 1

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14th century. Back-formation from mellorar. Compare Portuguese melhora and Spanish mejora.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mellora f (plural melloras)

  1. improvement, amelioration
  2. (law) share of a heritage which a person can freely bequeath to any of his or her heirs, and which exceeds that of the rest
    • 1368, A. López Ferreiro, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 348:
      mando a o dito meu fillo andreu em rraçon do terço et por rraçon de melloria sobre los outros seus yrmaos et yrmaas a mia casa forte de Cira et as armas et bastimento que y esteuer a tempo de meu finamento
      I bequeath the aforementioned Andreu, my son, because of the third and of the improvement over his brothers and sisters, my stronghold of Cira, with all the weapons and supplies that happen to be there at the time of my death
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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mellora

  1. inflection of mellorar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative