malho

Meaning

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malhar

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

sledge hammer

Klopfholz

Spalthammer

Knüpfel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈma.ʎu/

Inherited from Latin

malleus

In summary

Inherited from Latin malleus (“hammer; mallet”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

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malho

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malhar

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