mallo

See also: Mallo and malló

Catalan

Verb

mallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʎo̝/

Etymology 1

From Latin malleus (“mallet”).

Noun

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. large mallet; sledgehammer
   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 139:

     em casa de Tare estaua aymage de Ulcano, feyta amaneyra de ferreyro, et hũ grande mallo ẽnas [maaos]

     in Tare's house there was an image of Vulcan, made in the manner of a blacksmith, holding a large hammer in his hands

Derived terms

• mallar
• mallega
• malleira

Etymology 2

a reenactment

From malle (“flail”), from Latin manualis (“manual”), influenced by Latin malleus (“hammer”). Cognate with Portuguese mangual. Alternative forms include manlle, manle, mal.

Noun

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. flail
2. handle of the flail

   Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca

Etymology 3

Verb

mallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mallo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: màl‧lo

Noun

mallo m (plural malli)

1. cupule
2. (botany) husk, hull, shell

Anagrams

• molla

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.loː/, [ˈmälːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lo/, [ˈmälːo]

Noun

mallō m (genitive mallōnis); third declension

1. The stem of onions
2. (pathology) A kind of tumor on the knees of animals

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mallō	mallōnēs
Genitive	mallōnis	mallōnum
Dative	mallōnī	mallōnibus
Accusative	mallōnem	mallōnēs
Ablative	mallōne	mallōnibus
Vocative	mallō	mallōnēs

References

• “mallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʝo/ [ˈma.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmaʝo/ [ˈma.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈmaʎo/ [ˈma.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmaʃo/ [ˈma.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʒo/ [ˈma.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Rhymes: -aʎo
• Rhymes: -aʃo
• Rhymes: -aʒo

• Syllabification: ma‧llo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese malho, from Latin malleus. Replaced Old Spanish majo, inherited from the same source.

Noun

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. mallet
2. a kind of game

Etymology 2

Verb

mallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “majar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 776

Further reading

• “mallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014