malhar

Meaning

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,intransitive) to work out (to exercise rigorously)
6. (Portugal,colloquial) to fall

Hyphenated as

ma‧lhar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈʎa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From malho (“hammer”) + -ar.