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malfeito

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese malfeito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from mal + feito, or from Latin malefactus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /malˈfejto/ [mɑlˈfej.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ejto
  • Hyphenation: mal‧fei‧to

Participle

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malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. past participle of malfacer

Adjective

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malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. misshapen

Noun

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malfeito m (plural malfeitos)

  1. wrongdoing

References

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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mal + feito, or from Latin malefactus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈfej.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈfeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈfej.to/ [maʊ̯ˈfeɪ̯.to]
 

  • Rhymes: -ejtu
  • Hyphenation: mal‧fei‧to

Participle

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malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. past participle of malfazer

Adjective

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malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. badly made; of low quality; crude; rough

Noun

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malfeito m (plural malfeitos)

  1. wrongdoing (instance of doing something morally or legally wrong)
    Synonym: malfeitoria
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