maléfico

See also: malefico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maleficus, from male (“badly, evilly”) + facio (“do”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.fi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.fi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.fi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈlɛ.fi.ku/

Adjective

maléfico (feminine maléfica, masculine plural maléficos, feminine plural maléficas)

1. evil
2. harmful

Related terms

• maleficamente
• maleficentíssimo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maleficus, from male (“badly, evilly”) + faciō (“do”).

Adjective

maléfico (feminine maléfica, masculine plural maléficos, feminine plural maléficas)

1. evil

   Synonym: malvado

Further reading

• “maléfico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014