mortalha

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mortālia, mortuālia (“mourning weeds”). Cognate of Spanish mortaja.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈta.ʎɐ/ [mohˈta.ʎɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈta.ʎɐ/ [mohˈta.ʎɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈta.ʎɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈta.ʎɐ/ [moχˈta.ʎɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈta.ʎa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈta.ʎɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʎɐ
• Hyphenation: mor‧ta‧lha

Noun

mortalha f (plural mortalhas)

1. related to posthumous practices
   1. shroud (cloth used to cover cadavers)

      Synonym: sudário

   2. grave

      Synonym: cova

   3. funeral

      Synonyms: funeral, exéquias

   4. excessive amount of corpses
2. (religion) clothing used by religious people, especially white clothing used in processions
3. (informal) cigarette paper
4. a white sign on the forehead of some horses

Related terms

• morte