mallo

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See also: Mallo and malló

Catalan

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Verb

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mallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin malleus (mallet).

Noun

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mallo m (plural mallos)

  1. large mallet; sledgehammer
    • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 139:
      em casa de Tare estaua aymage de Ulcano, feyta amaneyra de ferreyro, et hũ grande mallo ẽnas [maaos]
      in Tare's house there was an image of Vulcan, made in the manner of a blacksmith, holding a large hammer in his hands
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Etymology 2

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a reenactment

From malle (flail), from Latin manualis (manual), influenced by Latin malleus (hammer). Cognate with Portuguese mangual. Alternative forms include manlle, manle, mal.

Noun

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mallo m (plural mallos)

  1. flail
  2. handle of the flail
    Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca

Etymology 3

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Verb

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mallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmal.lo/
  • Rhymes: -allo
  • Hyphenation: màl‧lo

Noun

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mallo m (plural malli)

  1. cupule
  2. (botany) husk, hull, shell

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

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Noun

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mallō m (genitive mallōnis); third declension

  1. The stem of onions
  2. (pathology) A kind of tumor on the knees of animals

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mallō mallōnēs
Genitive mallōnis mallōnum
Dative mallōnī mallōnibus
Accusative mallōnem mallōnēs
Ablative mallōne mallōnibus
Vocative mallō mallōnēs

References

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  • mallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmaʝo/ [ˈma.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈmaʎo/ [ˈma.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmaʃo/ [ˈma.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʒo/ [ˈma.ʒo]

 

  • Syllabification: ma‧llo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Portuguese malho, from Latin malleus. Replaced Old Spanish majo, inherited from the same source.

Noun

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mallo m (plural mallos)

  1. mallet
  2. a kind of game

Etymology 2

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Verb

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mallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

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