English-Spanish translations for melancholy

• melancolía
  Por eso hay aquí hoy un deje de melancolía. That is why there is a touch of melancholy in the air today.
  No es admisible el argumento que usted usó antes del Consejo Europeo de Sevilla: "los esfuerzos inútiles conducen a la melancolía". The argument that you used before the Seville European Council is not valid: "futile efforts lead to melancholy ".
  No lo hemos hecho porque, siguiendo el consejo de Ortega, no nos gusta el esfuerzo inútil, que solo conduce a la melancolía. We have not done that because, following Ortega’s advice, we do not like pointless efforts, which only lead to melancholy.
• melancólica
  Señor Comisario, usted disfruta de la melancólica satisfacción de haber estado en lo cierto, y nunca le hace a nadie popular ni feliz. Commissioner, you have the melancholy satisfaction of being proved right and that never makes one popular or even happy.
• melancólico
  Espero que no sea un esfuerzo inútil, porque un pensador de mi tierra decía que el esfuerzo inútil conduce a la melancolía y, a estas horas de la noche, no quisiera ponerme melancólico. I hope it will not be a wasted effort, because a thinker from my country used to say that wasted effort leads to melancholy, and at this time of night I do not want to get melancholic.

Definition of melancholy

• Affected with great sadness or depression
• Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies
• Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature

Examples

• Melancholy people dont talk much

Related words

• melancholic
• melancholia
• melancholically
• melancholiness
• melancholiac
• melancholy thistle