malho

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -aʎu
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lho

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin malleus (hammer; mallet), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind, crush).

Noun[edit]

malho m (plural malhos)

  1. sledgehammer
    Synonym: marreta
  2. (Portugal, informal) a fall
    Synonyms: queda, (Portugal, informal) tralho
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

malho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of malhar