mão

Signification (English)

1. (feminine) hand
2. (feminine) forefoot (either of the front feet of a quadruped)
3. (feminine) hand (a round of a card game)
4. (feminine) coat (a covering of material, such as paint)
5. (feminine) leg (a single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest)
6. (feminine) handball (football offence)
7. (feminine, figuratively) hand (an instance of helping)
8. (feminine) direction (of travel), way

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɐ̃w̃/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from latin: manus

Cognate with galicien: man

Cognate with espagnol: mano

Cognate with catalan: mà

Cognate with occitan: man

Cognate with français: main

Cognate with italien: mano

Cognate with roumain: mână

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mão (“hand”), from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Cognate with Galician man, Spanish mano, Catalan mà, Occitan man, French main, Italian mano and Romanian mână.

Phrases

Henderson levantou-se com uma pá na mão .

Henderson s'est levé avec une pelle à la main.

Você sabe onde eu posso comprar um clarinete de segunda mão ?

Savez-vous où je peux acheter une clarinette d'occasion?

Agite a mão antes de arar o campo .

Secouez votre main avant de labourer le champ.