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martelo.

hammer

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/maʁˈtɛ.lu/Brazil[mahˈtɛ.lu]Brazil/maɾˈtɛ.lu/São-Paulo/maʁˈtɛ.lu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. hammer

    masculine
  2. the malleus

    masculine
  3. hammer

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese martelo, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus. Compare Galician martelo, Spanish martillo, Catalan martell, and Italian martello.

verb/maʁˈtɛ.lu/Brazil[mahˈtɛ.lu]Brazil/maɾˈtɛ.lu/São-Paulo/maʁˈtɛ.lu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of martelar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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