molhar

Meaning

to wet (to make wet)
(euphemistic) to accidentally urinate on something

wet

make wet

Opposite of

enxugar, secar

dar de beber

cobrir com abundáncia

deixar de molho

bevloeien

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moˈʎa(ʁ)/

Cognate with Galician

mollar

Cognate with Spanish

mojar

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese mollar, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), a verb based on Latin mollis (“soft”). Compare Galician mollar, Spanish mojar.

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