"melón" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /meˈlon/, [meˈlõn] Forms: melones [plural]
Rhymes: -on Etymology: Inherited from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|LL.|mēlō|mēlōnem||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin mēlōnem, {{inh+|es|LL.|mēlō|mēlōnem}} Inherited from Late Latin mēlōnem, {{inh|es|la|mēlopepō}} Latin mēlopepō, {{der|es|grc|μηλοπέπων||melon}} Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} melón m (plural melones)
  1. melon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-melón-es-noun-pzhgoF7A Categories (other): Gourd family plants Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 40 36 24
  2. (colloquial, figurative) can of worms Tags: colloquial, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-melón-es-noun-NQtY39ae Categories (other): Spanish terms with collocations, Gourd family plants Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 40 36 24
  3. (colloquial, Lunfardo, Rioplatense, chiefly in the plural) breasts Tags: Lunfardo, Rioplatense, colloquial, in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-melón-es-noun-~1rn6NIG Categories (other): Lunfardo, Rioplatense Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Fruits, Gourd family plants Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 76 Disambiguation of Fruits: 25 29 46 Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 40 36 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: sandía [feminine], carela [feminine], melón amargo, cundeamor chino, melón verde [masculine], casaba [feminine] Derived forms: abrir el melón, digamelón, melón de agua, melonero

Inflected forms

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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
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        "ts": ""
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  "forms": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧lón"
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "cundeamor chino"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "casaba"
    }
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        [
          "melon",
          "melon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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              7,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              14
            ],
            [
              28,
              33
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
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          "breast"
        ]
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      ],
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        "Rioplatense",
        "colloquial",
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        "masculine"
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      "ipa": "/meˈlon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[meˈlõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melón"
}
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    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Spanish terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "abrir el melón"
    },
    {
      "word": "digamelón"
    },
    {
      "word": "melón de agua"
    },
    {
      "word": "melonero"
    }
  ],
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        }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "melón m (plural melones)",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧lón"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sandía"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carela"
    },
    {
      "word": "melón amargo"
    },
    {
      "word": "cundeamor chino"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "melón verde"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "casaba"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "melon"
      ],
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        [
          "melon",
          "melon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Spanish terms with collocations"
      ],
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              7,
              19
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          ],
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              9,
              14
            ],
            [
              28,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "open a can of worms",
          "text": "abrir el melón; decentar el melón",
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        }
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(colloquial, figurative) can of worms"
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        "masculine"
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/meˈlon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[meˈlõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melón"
}

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