melindre

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melindre
masculine noun
1= fried cake made from honey and sugar
also:
  • melindres -> affected scrupulousness (afectación)

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melindre [may-leen’-dray]
noun
11 Fritters made with honey and flour (bollo). (m)
2Prudery, affectation (mojigatería). (m)
3Fastidiousness. (m)

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melindre
sustantivo:masculino
1 (bollo) sweet cake; iced bun; (buñuelo) honey fritter
2 melindres (afectación) affected ways; (aprensión) squeamishness; (s) (mojigatería) prudery; (s) prudishness; (s)
déjate de melindres y cómelo don't be so finicky, just eat it; no me vengas con melindres y elige el que más te guste stop humming and hawing and choose the one you like best; gastar melindres
melindrear

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