malquisto

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From mal +‎ quisto.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mal‧quis‧to

Adjective

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malquisto (feminine malquista, masculine plural malquistos, feminine plural malquistas)

  1. disliked, unliked
    Antonym: benquisto

Spanish

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Etymology

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Derived from an archaic irregular participle form quisto of the verb querer (to love). See Latin quaesītus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /malˈkisto/ [malˈkis.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Syllabification: mal‧quis‧to

Adjective

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malquisto (feminine malquista, masculine plural malquistos, feminine plural malquistas)

  1. unpopular, unliked
    • 2015 October 3, “Jarnés”, in El País[1]:
      Tuvo que exilarse a México tras la guerra incivil, sufriendo el ostracismo impuesto por los vencedores y siendo malquisto por los inquisidores del “compromiso” literario, que miraba con desdén.
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Verb

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malquisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of malquistar

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