melopea
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la melopea
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (colloquial) (inebriation) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. drunkenness
Tendrás que dormir la melopea antes de pensar en hacer nada.You'll have to sleep your drunkenness off before thinking of doing anything.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Me apetece cogerme una buena melopea y olvidarme de todo y de todos.I feel like getting totally plastered and forgetting about everything and everyone.
Susana se agarró anoche una melopea de cuidado, y hoy tiene resaca.Susana got seriously sloshed last night, and she's hungover today.
2. (music)
a. monotonous singing
La melopea del coro me estaba adormilando, y me costaba mantener los ojos abiertos en la oscuridad de la iglesia.The choir's monotonous singing was making me sleepy, and I had trouble keeping my eyes open in the darkness of the church.
a. intonation
El poeta leía sus poemas con una melopea que resultaba algo monótona.The poet was reading his poems with an intonation that was somewhat monotonous.
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