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Portuguese
Etymology
From malho (“hammer”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
malhar (first-person singular present malho, first-person singular preterite malhei, past participle malhado)
- to hammer (to strike with a hammer)
- (agriculture) to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)
- Synonyms: espalhar, debulhar
- to beat up (to give a severe beating to)
- (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)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Portugal, colloquial) to fall
- Synonym: cair
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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