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From mollement (“softly”).

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.lo/

mollo

1. (informal) softly, gently

   Synonym: doucement

   Vas-y mollo, c’est fragile ! ― Take it easy, it's fragile!

• “mollo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãollo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin manuc(u)lus, modified ultimately from Latin manipulus, diminutive of manus (“hand”). Cognate with Portuguese molho and Spanish manojo.

• monllo

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʎʊ]

mollo m (plural mollos)

1. bundle

   Synonyms: feixe, mada

2. sheaf

Deverbal of mollar (“to wet”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoʎʊ]

mollo m (plural mollos)

1. sauce; marinade

   Synonyms: prebe, salsa

   Os quilos do mollo depende asegún grane o centeo, do grao que teña.

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2. soak

mollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mollar

• “mãollo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moollo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mõollo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mollo”, 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), “mollo 'monllo'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mollo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “monllo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔllo
• Hyphenation: mòl‧lo

mollo (feminine molla, masculine plural molli, feminine plural molle)

1. wet, damp, saturated, soaked

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mollare

• stare a mollo
• tenere a mollo
• mettere a mollo
• pappamolla

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò.

mollo

1. fire

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò.

mollo class 3/4 (plural mello)

1. fire