malfetría

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish malfeitoría, from Latin malefactor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malfeˈtɾia/ [mal.feˈt̪ɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: mal‧fe‧trí‧a

Noun

malfetría f (plural malfetrías)

1. a crime, especially against one's liege lord in the medieval period

See also

• fechoría
• delito

Further reading

• “malfetría”, 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