folha
Meaning
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- (feminine) leaf
- (feminine) sheet (of paper)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
fo‧lha
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfo.ʎɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese folla, from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Doublet of folho and fólio. Compare Galician folla and Spanish hoja.
New
folhar
- (transitive) to cause to produce leaves
- (transitive) to cover with leaves
- (transitive) to decorate with foliage
- (transitive) to form into a leaf
- (transitive) to cause to flake
- (transitive) to coat with thin sheets, to veneer
- (intransitive) to be covered in leaves
- (intransitive) to bloom with leaves
- (Minas-Gerais,colloquial,intransitive) to scram, to vamoose
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