metralha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtɾa.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtɾa.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtɾa.ʎa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈtɾa.ʎɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʎɐ
• Hyphenation: me‧tra‧lha

Etymology 1

From French mitraille.

Noun

metralha f (plural metralhas)

1. grapeshot (shot consisting of a cluster of small iron balls and slugs)
2. machine gun fire
3. (figurative) load (great amount)

Derived terms

• metralhadora
• metralhar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

metralha

1. inflection of metralhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “metralha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024