mealhar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• amealhar (more common)

Etymology

From mealha (“mediaeval Portuguese coin”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.aˈʎa(ʁ)/ [me.aˈʎa(h)], /mi.aˈʎa(ʁ)/ [mi.aˈʎa(h)], (faster) /mjaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [mjaˈʎa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.aˈʎa(ʁ)/ [me.aˈʎa(h)], /mi.aˈʎa(ʁ)/ [mi.aˈʎa(h)], (faster) /mjaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [mjaˈʎa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /me.aˈʎa(ɾ)/, /mi.aˈʎa(ɾ)/, (faster) /mjaˈʎa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.aˈʎa(ʁ)/ [me.aˈʎa(χ)], /mi.aˈʎa(ʁ)/ [mi.aˈʎa(χ)], (faster) /mjaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [mjaˈʎa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /me.aˈʎa(ɻ)/, /mi.aˈʎa(ɻ)/, (faster) /mjaˈʎa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mjɐˈʎaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mjɐˈʎaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mjɐˈʎa.ɾi/

Verb

mealhar (first-person singular present mealho, first-person singular preterite mealhei, past participle mealhado)

1. (rare) to save money little by little

   Synonyms: amealhar, economizar

2. (rare) to accumulate something bit by bit

   Synonyms: amealhar, coletar, colher, juntar, respigar

Usage notes

The usage of amealhar is much more common than mealhar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mealhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mealhar
Personal	mealhar	mealhares	mealhar	mealharmos	mealhardes	mealharem
Gerund
	mealhando
Past participle
Masculine	mealhado			mealhados
Feminine	mealhada			mealhadas
Indicative
Present	mealho	mealhas	mealha	mealhamos	mealhais	mealham
Imperfect	mealhava	mealhavas	mealhava	mealhávamos	mealháveis	mealhavam
Preterite	mealhei	mealhaste	mealhou	mealhamos1, mealhámos2	mealhastes	mealharam
Pluperfect	mealhara	mealharas	mealhara	mealháramos	mealháreis	mealharam
Future	mealharei	mealharás	mealhará	mealharemos	mealhareis	mealharão
Conditional	mealharia	mealharias	mealharia	mealharíamos	mealharíeis	mealhariam
Subjunctive
Present	mealhe	mealhes	mealhe	mealhemos	mealheis	mealhem
Imperfect	mealhasse	mealhasses	mealhasse	mealhássemos	mealhásseis	mealhassem
Future	mealhar	mealhares	mealhar	mealharmos	mealhardes	mealharem
Imperative
Affirmative		mealha	mealhe	mealhemos	mealhai	mealhem
Negative (não)		não mealhes	não mealhe	não mealhemos	não mealheis	não mealhem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• mealha

Further reading

• “mealhar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mealhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026