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

Derived terms

• maleficamente

Related terms

• maleficente

Further reading

• “maléfico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “maléfico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlefiko/ [maˈle.fi.ko]
• Rhymes: -efiko
• Syllabification: ma‧lé‧fi‧co

Adjective

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

1. evil

   Synonym: malvado

Further reading

• “maléfico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10