Etymology

melado

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Today it means: a mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained Full definition →

Spanish melado
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frommelado
  2. English todaymelado

From Spanish melado, from melar (“to sugar, to candy”).

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