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molhar
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mollar, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), a verb based on Latin mollis (“soft”). Compare Galician mollar, Spanish mojar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo‧lhar
Verb
molhar (first-person singular present molho, first-person singular preterite molhei, past participle molhado)
- to wet (to make wet)
- (euphemistic) to accidentally urinate on something
- Molhar a cama. ― To wet the bed.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Descendants
- Macanese: mulâ
Further reading
- “molhar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “molhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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