Portuguese

Uma cota de malha

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
4. (fashion) knitting; knitwear

Synonyms

• (network): rede

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 in an animal’s fur
2. a section of terrain with a different colour than that surrounding it

Synonyms

• (stain): mancha

Etymology 3

From malhar ‎(“to hammer; to beat”), from malho ‎(“mallet; sledgehammer”), from Latin malleus ‎(“hammer”).

Noun

malha f (plural malhas)

1. a beating
2. a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground

Synonyms

• (beating): sova, surra

Related terms

• malhação
• malhar

Verb

malha

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of malhar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of malhar