malhar

From malho (“hammer”) +‎ -ar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʎa(ʁ)/ [maˈʎa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈʎa(ʁ)/ [maˈʎa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʎa(ɻ)/

malhar (first-person singular present malho, first-person singular preterite malhei, past participle malhado)

to hammer (to strike with a hammer)
(agriculture) to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)
Synonyms: espalhar, debulhar
to beat up (to give a severe beating to)
(Brazil, figuratively, slang) to make fun of, to scorn
(chiefly Brazil, dated, intransitive) to work out (to exercise rigorously)
Synonym: treinar
- 1983, Leon Ware, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sergio Valle, “Estrelar” (0:22 from the start), in Marcos Valle, performed by Marcos Valle, Rio de Janeiro: Som Livre:
  Tem que correr, tem que suar, tem que malhar (Vamos lá) / Musculação, respiração, ar no pulmão (Vamos lá)
  You must run, you must sweat, you must work out (Let's go). Weight training, respiration, air in the lungs (Let's go).
(Portugal, colloquial) to fall
Synonym: cair

Conjugation of malhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

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¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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