malha

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʎɐ Hyphenation: ma‧lha === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French maille (“mesh, loop”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“smear, rub”). Compare the doublets mancha, mácula, mágoa, mangra, and maquis. ==== Noun ==== malha f (plural malhas) (uncountable) mail (chainmail) mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them) network Synonym: rede (fashion) knitting; knitwear ===== Hypernyms ===== armadura ===== Derived terms ===== malha fina === Etymology 2 === From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Compare the doublets mancha, malha, mácula, mágoa, and mangra. ==== Noun ==== malha f (plural malhas) a stain on pelt Synonym: mancha a section of terrain with a different colour than that surrounding it === Etymology 3 === From malhar (“to hammer; to beat”), from malho (“mallet; sledgehammer”), from Latin malleus (“hammer”). ==== Noun ==== malha f (plural malhas) a beating Synonyms: sova, surra a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground (Portugal) a bop or a banger (good music) ===== Related terms ===== malhação malhar malhuça === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== malha inflection of malhar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “malha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “malha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026