mermelada

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese marmelada. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “when?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾmeˈlada/ [meɾ.meˈla.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: mer‧me‧la‧da

Noun

mermelada f (plural mermeladas)

1. jam, marmalade

Further reading

• “mermelada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10