mellorar

Galician

Alternative forms

• millorar
• melhorar, milhorar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mellorar, from Late Latin meliōrāre, a verb based on Latin melior (“better”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) [meʎoˈɾaɾ], [miʎoˈɾaɾ]

Verb

mellorar (first-person singular present melloro, first-person singular preterite mellorei, past participle mellorado)

1. to improve; to better

   Antonyms: desmellorar, empeorar

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Virés acò meu Dieguiño
     cando ò tempo milloràr,
     porqe si escorrega á Besta
     è esbarroufàs, alabay.

     You'll come here my little Diego
     when the weather improves
     because if the mount slips
     and you sprawl, here goes nothing!

2. to recover

   Synonym: sandar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mellorar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mellorar
Personal	mellorar	mellorares	mellorar	mellorarmos	mellorardes	melloraren
Gerund
	mellorando
Past participle
Masculine	mellorado			mellorados
Feminine	mellorada			melloradas
Indicative
Present	melloro	melloras	mellora	melloramos	mellorades	melloran
Imperfect	melloraba	mellorabas	melloraba	mellorabamos	mellorabades	melloraban
Preterite	mellorei	melloraches	mellorou	melloramos	mellorastes	melloraron
Pluperfect	mellorara	melloraras	mellorara	melloraramos	mellorarades	melloraran
Future	mellorarei	mellorarás	mellorará	melloraremos	melloraredes	mellorarán
Conditional	melloraría	mellorarías	melloraría	mellorariamos	mellorariades	mellorarían
Subjunctive
Present	mellore	mellores	mellore	melloremos	melloredes	melloren
Imperfect	mellorase	mellorases	mellorase	mellorásemos	mellorásedes	mellorasen
Future	mellorar	mellorares	mellorar	mellorarmos	mellorardes	melloraren
Imperative
Affirmative		mellora	mellore	melloremos	mellorade	melloren
Negative (non)		non mellores	non mellore	non melloremos	non melloredes	non melloren

Derived terms

• desmellorar
• mellorable, mellorábel
• melloramento

Related terms

• mellor
• mellora
• melloría

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mellorar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mellorar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mellorar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mellorar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mellorar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN