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)
- (uncountable) mail, chainmail
- mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)
- network
- (fashion) knitting; knitwear
Synonyms
- (network): rede
Hypernyms
- armadura
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)
- a stain in an animal’s fur
- a section of terrain with a different colour than that surrounding it
Synonyms
- (stain): mancha
Etymology 3
From malhar (“to hammer; to beat”), from malho (“mallet; sledgehammer”), from Latin malleus (“hammer”).
Noun
malha f (plural malhas)
- a beating
- a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground
Synonyms
- (beating): sova, surra
Related terms
- malhação
- malhar
Verb
malha
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of malhar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of malhar