molho

See also: môlho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From molhar (“to wet; to water”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese mollar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mollīre, present active infinitive of molliō (“I soften”), from mollis (“soft”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”).

Alternative forms

• môlho (obsolete, noun only)

Pronunciation

Noun:

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʎu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʎu/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʎo/

Verb:

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʎu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʎu/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʎo/

Noun

molho m (plural s)

1. (cooking) sauce (liquid condiment placed on food)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:molho.

Synonyms

• caldo

Derived terms

• de molho
• molho bechamel
• molho branco
• molho ferrugem
• molho inglês
• molho nagô
• molho pardo
• molho tártaro

 

Related terms

• mole
• molhadela
• molhado
• molhador
• molhadura
• molhagemt
• molhamento
• molhar
• molhável

 

Verb

molho

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:molhar.

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãollo, from Vulgar Latin *manuclus, from Latin manuculus, from manipulus (“maniple; handful”), from manus (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-. Compare Spanish manojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʎu/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʎu/

Noun

molho m (plural s)

1. (collective) bundle (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying, especially keys or vegetables)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:molho.

Synonyms

• feixe, lio

Related terms

• manilha
• manípulo
• mano