What does mortalha in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word mortalha in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use mortalha in Portuguese.

The word mortalha in Portuguese means shroud, penitent's robe, costume, mortalha, mortalha, papel de enrolar cigarro, mortalha, embrulhar em mortalha. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mortalha

shroud

substantivo feminino (roupa do morto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

penitent's robe

substantivo feminino (roupa do penitente)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

costume

substantivo feminino (BRA (roupa do carnavalesco)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mortalha

noun (burial garment)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
O corpo foi enterrado com uma mortalha.
The body was buried in a shroud.

mortalha

noun (burial shroud)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

papel de enrolar cigarro

noun (paper for rolling cigarettes)

To roll your own cigarettes all you need is loose tobacco and some cigarette papers.

mortalha

noun (cloth covering a casket)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
A white pall was draped over the casket.

embrulhar em mortalha

transitive verb (dead body: wrap)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
O agente funerário amortalhou o corpo.
The undertaker shrouded the body.

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