molho

Deverbal from molhar (“to wet; to water”), from Old Galician-Portuguese mollar, from Latin mollīre (“to soften”), from mollis (“soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”).

• môlho (superseded)

• Rhymes: -oʎu
• Hyphenation: mo‧lho

molho m (plural molhos, metaphonic)

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

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From Old Galician-Portuguese mãollo, from Late Latin manuc(u)lus, modified ultimately from manipulus (“maniple; handful”), from manus (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-. Doublet of manolho and manojo. Compare Spanish manojo.

• Rhymes: -ɔʎu
• Hyphenation: mo‧lho

molho m (plural molhos)

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

   Synonyms: feixe, lio

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• manilha
• manípulo
• mano

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɔʎu
• Hyphenation: mo‧lho

molho

1. first-person singular present indicative of molhar