malha
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See also: málha
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʎɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧lha
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French maille (“mesh, loop”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“smear, rub”). Compare the doublets mancha, mácula, mágoa, mangra, and maquis.
Noun
malha f (plural malhas)
- (uncountable) mail, chainmail
- mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)
- network
- Synonym: rede
- (fashion) knitting; knitwear
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- malha fina
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Compare the doublets mancha, malha, mácula, mágoa, and mangra.
Noun
malha f (plural malhas)
Etymology 3
From malhar (“to hammer; to beat”), from malho (“mallet; sledgehammer”), from Latin malleus (“hammer”).
Noun
malha f (plural malhas)
- a beating
- a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground
- (Portugal) a bop or a banger (good music)
Related terms
Etymology 4
Verb
malha
- inflection of malhar:
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