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]

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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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “malha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “malla”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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.

Probably borrowed from Amharic መሐላ (mäḥäla, “oath”).

malla (plural mallana, feminine mallano)

1. oath, covenant
   • 2014, SIM International, Haalin Mallano [New Testament], Digital Bible Society, Maatoos 26:28:

     Kono thoothin eensa seesonam shiishanna laymayno haalin mallanam eshkayno isa zombhinone.

     This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

   • 2014, SIM International, Haalin Mallano [New Testament], Digital Bible Society, Maatoos 5:33:

     "Pir ena wodanka dohon eenna 'Buudaka malleebhode. Barjona hanin imon mallan upsinam hayaa' hambhonam yedi qansidine.

     "Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.'

2. testament (of the bible)

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