malha

(Inglés)

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malhar

  1. to hammer (to strike with a hammer)
  2. to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)
  3. to beat up (to give a severe beating to)
  4. (Brazil, figuratively, slang) to make fun of, to scorn
  5. (Brazil, dated, intransitive) to work out (to exercise rigorously)
  6. (Portugal, colloquial) to fall

Frecuencia

C2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈma.ʎɐ/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

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, mácula, mágoa, mangra, and maquis.

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