malha

See also: málha

Portuguese

Uma cota de malha

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʎɐ/

• 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)

1. (uncountable) mail (chainmail)
2. mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)
3. network

   Synonym: rede

4. (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)

1. a stain on pelt

   Synonym: mancha

2. 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)

1. a beating

   Synonyms: sova, surra

2. a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground
3. (Portugal) a bop or a banger (good music)

Related terms

• malhação
• malhar
• malhuça

Etymology 4

Verb

malha

1. inflection of malhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. 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