malho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aʎu
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lho

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin malleus (“hammer; mallet”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Noun

malho m (plural malhos)

  1. sledgehammer
    Synonym: marreta
  2. (Portugal, informal) a fall
    Synonyms: queda, (Portugal, informal) tralho

Etymology 2

From older *malhe (“flail”), from Latin manualis (“manual”), influenced by Latin malleus (“hammer”). Cognate with mangual.

Noun

malho m (plural malhos)

  1. flail
  2. handle of the flail

Etymology 3

Verb

malho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of malhar

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