Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/meɾmeˈlaða/

Line drawing of mermelada
Coloured illustration of mermelada
#4245 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

jam, marmalade

Word origin

From Portuguese marmelada, from marmelo ('quince'), from Latin melimelum, itself from Greek melimelon ('honey apple'). The same source gives English 'marmalade'.

Origin
Portuguese
Root
marmelada
English cognates
marmalade

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralmermeladas

Examples

.

I like bread with strawberry jam.

casera .

My grandmother makes homemade jam every summer.

¿ melocotón?

Do you prefer orange marmalade or peach jam?

Untó capa .

She spread a layer of jam on the toast.

tarro .

We bought a jar of jam at the market.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 85.