melaza

melaza f (plural melaces)

1. molasses (thick brownish syrup refined from raw sugar)

Most likely from French mélasse.

• IPA^(key): /meˈlaθa/ [meˈla.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /meˈlasa/ [meˈla.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: me‧la‧za

melaza f (plural melazas)

1. molasses

• “melaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025