malho
Portuguese, noun/ˈma.ʎu/
malho is spelled M-A-L-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sledgehammer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of malhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater…”.
What does malho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesledgehammer
- 2
Portugalinformalmasculinea fall
noun
- 1
masculineflail
- 2
masculinehandle of the flail
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of malhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater pregos; martelo 2. marreta 3. o mesmo que mangalho 4. queda
noun: 1. correia cilíndrica, cordão para atar o calçado. (Usa-se geralmente em plural, malhós)
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 malho
- malhos plural
- manle alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malho?
- Brazil /ˈma.ʎu/
- Portugal /ˈma.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malho in Portuguese?
malho appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).