mortalha
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin mortālia, mortuālia (“mourning weeds”). Cognate of Spanish mortaja.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aʎɐ
- Hyphenation: mor‧ta‧lha
Noun edit
mortalha f (plural mortalhas)
- related to posthumous practices
- (religion) clothing used by religious people, especially white clothing used in processions
- (informal) cigarette paper
- a white sign on the forehead of some horses