malhado

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• malhada

Etymology

From malha, or from Old Galician-Portuguese mallado, from an Iberian Vulgar Latin *mac(u)lātus, from Latin macula. Compare Spanish majada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʎa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʎa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʎa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʎa.du/ [mɐˈʎa.ðu]

Participle

malhado (feminine malhada, masculine plural malhados, feminine plural malhadas)

1. past participle of malhar

Adjective

malhado (feminine malhada, masculine plural malhados, feminine plural malhadas)

1. mottled (coloured in patches), spotted, speckled, piebald
2. threshed (of cereal)
3. (Brazil, colloquial) fit, muscular

   Synonym: sarado

Related terms

• malha