malha

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

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.

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

• (network): rede

• armadura

• malha fina

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Compare the doublets mancha, malha, mácula, mágoa, and mangra.

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

• (stain): mancha

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

malha f (plural malhas)

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

• (beating): sova, surra

• malhação
• malhar

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