malha

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Uma cota de malha

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)

  1. (uncountable) mail, chainmail
  2. mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)
  3. network
    Synonym: rede
  4. (fashion) knitting; knitwear
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Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Compare the doublets mancha, malha, mácula, mágoa, and mangra.

Noun

malha f (plural malhas)

  1. a stain in an animal’s fur
    Synonym: mancha
  2. a section of terrain with a different colour than that surrounding it

Etymology 3

From malhar (“to hammer; to beat”), from malho (“mallet; sledgehammer”), from Latin malleus (“hammer”).

Noun

malha f (plural malhas)

  1. a beating
    Synonyms: sova, surra
  2. a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground
  3. (Portugal) a bop or a banger (good music)

Etymology 4

Verb

malha

  1. inflection of malhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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