mortalha
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin mortalia, mortuālia (“mourning weeds”).
Noun
mortalha f (plural mortalhas)
- related to posthumous practices
- shroud (cloth used to cover cadavers)
- Synonym: sudário
- grave
- Synonym: cova
- funeral
- Synonyms: funeral, exéquias
- excessive amount of corpses
- shroud (cloth used to cover cadavers)
- (religion) clothing used by religious people, especially white clothing used in processions
- (informal) cigarette paper
- a white sign on the forehead of some horses
Related terms
- morte