What does melena in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word melena in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use melena in Spanish.

The word melena in Spanish means long hair, mane, melaena, mop of hair, tangled mess of hair, let your hair down, let yourself go. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word melena

long hair

nombre femenino (pelo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
María se cortó su melena y se dejó el pelo corto.
Maria cut her long hair and she left it short.

mane

nombre femenino (león) (lion)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El león agitó su melena al viento.
The lion shook its mane at the wind.

melaena

nombre femenino (deposición negra) (UK: medical)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Algunos médicos utilizan el término "melena" para referirse a las deposiciones mezcladas con sangre.
Some doctors use the term "melaena" to refer to the stools that are mixed with blood.

mop of hair, tangled mess of hair

nombre femenino (peyorativo (pelo largo y enmarañado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A mi abuela no le gustaban los hippies por sus melenas.
My grandmother didn't like hippies because of their mop of hair.

let your hair down, let yourself go

locución verbal (coloquial (desinhibirse) (loosen up)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Suéltate el pelo y sal a bailar.
Let your hair down and get up and dance.

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