malla

From Vulgar Latin *macla (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“spot, stain”).

malla f

1. angioma
2. little spot, stain
3. mesh

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ʎa]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of màcula, a learned borrowing.

malla f (plural malles)

1. mesh, netting
2. (in the plural) tights, leggings
3. (historical) mail

• emmallar
• mallat
• mallatge

Inherited from Old Catalan mealla~mesala, from Early Medieval Latin medālia.

malla f (plural malles)

1. type of coin worth half a diner
2. pellitory (Parietaria officinalis)

malla

1. inflection of mallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “malla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “malla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “malla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “malla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɟa/ [ˈma̠.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɟa
• Hyphenation: ma‧lla

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.

malla f (plural mallas)

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

   Synonym: elo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Doublet of mágoa.

malla f (plural mallas)

1. (dated) blemish

   Synonyms: mancha, tacha

   Esta mazá non ten unha malla preta!

   This apple have no blemish!

   (literally, “This apple have not a black spot!”)

Attested since the 15th century. Deverbal from mallar (“to thresh”).

malla f (plural mallas)

1. threshing
2. a beating

   Synonym: malleira

malla

1. inflection of mallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “malha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “malla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “malla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “malla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “malla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Carlos Lixó, "Outra avoa no reintegracionismo", in Nós diario.

malla

1. (cooking) to simmer (cook at a low heat)

   Leyfðu sósunni bara að malla. ― Just let the sauce to simmer a bit.

2. (informal) to let something sit (to slowly do its work)

   Stífluhreinsirinn verður aðeins að fá að malla. ― The drain cleaner has to sit for a bit.

3. (figurative, informal) to let something sit and not be worked on

   Tillagan hefur verið látin malla í einhverjum nefndum í mörg ár. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

malla

1. inflection of mall:
   1. nominative/vocative/dative plural
   2. strong genitive plural

malla m

1. wrestler
2. a man of the Malla clan

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• Syllabification: ma‧lla

Borrowed from French maille, from Latin macula.

malla f (plural mallas)

1. mesh, net
2. (in the plural) tights, leggings
3. strap handle
4. a bag made of thin plastic cords

   Synonym: pilgua

• “malla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

malla

1. inflection of mallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative