malhadado

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish malfadado (“ill-fated”), from mal +‎ fadar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malaˈdado/ [ma.laˈð̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: mal‧ha‧da‧do

Adjective

malhadado (feminine malhadada, masculine plural malhadados, feminine plural malhadadas)

1. burdened with bad luck
2. ill-fated

Further reading

• “malhadado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28