malho

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ʎu/

  • 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

Verb

malho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of malhar
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