mollo

From mollement.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.lo/

mollo

1. (informal) softly, gently

   Vas-y mollo, c’est fragile !

   Take it easy, it's fragile!

• doucement

From Galician-Portuguese mãollo (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *manuclus, from manuculus, a variant of Latin manipulus, diminutive of manus (“hand”). Cognate with Portuguese molho and Spanish manojo.

• monllo

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʎo̝/, /ˈmɔʎo̝/

mollo m (plural mollos)

1. bundle

   Synonyms: feixe, mada

Back formation from mollar (“to wet”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʎo̝/

mollo m (plural mollos)

1. sauce

   Synonyms: prebe, salsa

• “mãollo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “moollo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mõollo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mollo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mollo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mollo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “monllo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

mollo (feminine singular molla, masculine plural molli, feminine plural molle)

1. wet, damp, saturated, soaked

mollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mollare

• stare a mollo
• tenere a mollo
• mettere a mollo
• pappamolla

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò.

mollo class 3/4 (plural mello)

1. fire