Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʎu
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lho

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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malho m (plural malhos)

  1. sledgehammer
    Synonym: marreta
  2. (Portugal, informal) a fall
    Synonyms: queda, (Portugal, informal) tralho
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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malho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of malhar