malhar
Portuguese, verb/maˈʎa(ʁ)/
malhar is spelled M-A-L-H-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hammer (to strike with a hammer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bater com malho ou instrumento análogo”.
What does malhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hammer (to strike with a hammer)
- 2
to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)
- 3
to beat up (to give a severe beating to)
- 4
Brazilslangto make fun of, to scorn
- 5
Brazildatedto work out (to exercise rigorously)
- 6
Portugalcolloquialto fall
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bater com malho ou instrumento análogo 2. debulhar nas eiras (cereais) 3. bater, contundir 4. zombar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malhar
- malho first-person present singular
- malhei first-person preterite singular
- malhado participle past
- malhares infinitive second-person singular
- malharmos first-person infinitive plural
- malhardes infinitive plural second-person
- malharem infinitive plural third-person
- malhando gerund
- malhados masculine participle past
- malhada feminine participle past
- malhadas feminine participle past
- malhas indicative present second-person
- malha indicative present singular
- malhamos first-person indicative plural
- malhais indicative plural present
- malham indicative plural present
- malhava first-person imperfect indicative
- malhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malhar?
- Brazil /maˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [maˈʎa(h)]
- /maˈʎa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malhar in Portuguese?
malhar appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).