Dictionary
malhar
Meaning
- 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,slang) to make fun of, to scorn
- (Brazil) to work out (to exercise rigorously)
- (colloquial) to fall
Hyphenated as
ma‧lhar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈʎa(ʁ)/
Etymology
From malho (“hammer”) + -ar.
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