malhar

From malho (“hammer”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: ma‧lhar

malhar (first-person singular present malho, first-person singular preterite malhei, past participle malhado)

1. to hammer (to strike with a hammer)
2. (agriculture) to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)

   Synonyms: espalhar, debulhar

3. to beat up (to give a severe beating to)
4. (Brazil, figuratively, slang) to make fun of, to scorn
5. (chiefly Brazil, intransitive) to work out (to exercise rigorously)
   • 1983, “Estrelar”, performed by Marcos Valle:

     Tem que correr, tem que suar, tem que malhar (vamos lá) / Musculação, respiração, ar no pulmão (vamos lá)

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6. (Portugal, colloquial) to fall

   Synonym: cair

• malhadouro
• malho

• malha
• malhação
• malhado
• malho