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palha
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Galician
Noun
palha f (plural palhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of palla
Further reading
- “palha”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
palha f (plural palhas)
Derived terms
- palhós
Further reading
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
palha f (plural palhas)
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palha, from Latin palea (“straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Cognate with Galician palla and Spanish paja.
Pronunciation
Noun
palha f (plural palhas)
- straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- (uncountable) straw considered collectively
- textile made of straw
- Synonym: palhinha
- (Portugal, colloquial) padding, waffle
- (colloquial) trifle (something without importance)
- (card games) cards that give no points in sueca
Derived terms
- palha de abade
- palha de aço
- palha de arroz
- palha de frade
- palha-de-água
- palha-de-arco
- palha-de-camelo
- palha-de-penacho
- palha-de-prata
- palha-de-santa-fé
- palhal
- palhoça
- palhota
- palhote
Related terms
Further reading
- “palha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “palha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “palha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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