malandra

Italian

Etymology

From Latin malandria (“blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlan.dra/
• Rhymes: -andra
• Hyphenation: ma‧làn‧dra

Noun

malandra f (plural malandre)

1. (veterinary medicine) malanders, a scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse

Further reading

• malandra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• mandarla

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ

Noun

malandra f (plural malandras)

1. female equivalent of malandro

Etymology 2

Verb

malandra

1. inflection of malandrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlandɾa/ [maˈlãn̪.d̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -andɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧lan‧dra

Noun

malandra f (plural malandras)

1. female equivalent of malandro, a certain type of delinquent or thug

Further reading

• “malandra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16