palha
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palha f (plural palhas)
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Old Galician-Portuguese edit
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palha f
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palha, from Latin palea (“straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Cognate with Galician palla and Spanish paja.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aʎɐ
- Hyphenation: pa‧lha
Noun edit
palha f (plural palhas)
- straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- (uncountable) straw considered collectively
- textile made of straw
- Synonym: palhinha
- (Portugal, colloquial) padding, waffle
- (colloquial) trifle (something without importance)
- (card games) cards that give no points in sueca
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Further reading edit
- “palha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913