maleficio

See also: malefició

Italian

Alternative forms

• malefizio

Etymology

From Latin maleficium.

Noun

maleficio m (plural malefici)

1. an evil spell, bane, curse

Related terms

• maleficenza

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• emofilica

Latin

Noun

maleficiō

1. dative/ablative singular of maleficium

Portuguese

Verb

maleficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maleˈfiθjo/ [ma.leˈfi.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maleˈfisjo/ [ma.leˈfi.sjo]
• Rhymes: -iθjo
• Rhymes: -isjo
• Syllabification: ma‧le‧fi‧cio

Etymology 1

From Latin maleficium.

Noun

maleficio m (plural maleficios)

1. hex (evil spell)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maleficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar

Further reading

• “maleficio”, 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