mealha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈa.ʎɐ/, /miˈa.ʎɐ/ [mɪˈa.ʎɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmja.ʎɐ/

  • Hyphenation: me‧a‧lha

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mealla, from Early Medieval Latin medālia (“middle; half a denarius”), ultimately from Latin medius. Doublet of medalha, which was borrowed through Italian.

Noun

mealha f (plural mealhas)

  1. a mediaeval Portuguese coin
  2. a coin of little value
  3. a crumb

Etymology 2

Verb

mealha

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

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