malha

Portuguese

Uma cota de malha

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ʎa/, /ˈma.ʎɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈma.ʎɐ/
  • Rhymes: -aʎa

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, malha, mácula, mágoa, and mangra.

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
  4. (fashion) knitting; knitwear
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Derived terms
  • malha fina

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
  2. a section of terrain with a different colour than that surrounding it
Synonyms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

malha f (plural malhas)

  1. a beating
  2. a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground
Synonyms

Verb

malha

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of malhar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of malhar
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