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malla

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɟa/

“malla” is a Galician word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)
  2. knitting; knitwear
  3. mail
  4. link (of a chain or mail)
  5. blemish
  6. threshing
  7. a beating

In Galician

  1. Acción de malla-los cereais. A malla é un dos traballos máis duros do campo.
  2. Momento no que se fai ese traballo agrícola. Casou nada máis remata-la malla.
  3. Cada un dos elementos dunha cadea, cada cadro dunha rede. Esta malla é moi grande para a sardiña.
  4. Peza formada polo conxunto deses elementos. Cubriu o galiñeiro cunha malla.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese malla (13th century, Alfonso X), borrowed from Old French maille (“mesh, loop”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Doublet of mágoa and malla.

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