malintencionado

Spanish

Etymology

From mal- +‎ intencionado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /malintenθjoˈnado/ [ma.lĩn̪.t̪ẽn̟.θjoˈna.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /malintensjoˈnado/ [ma.lĩn̪.t̪ẽn.sjoˈna.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ma‧lin‧ten‧cio‧na‧do

Adjective

malintencionado (feminine malintencionada, masculine plural malintencionados, feminine plural malintencionadas)

1. ill-intentioned, evil-minded

   Antonym: bienintencionado

Related terms

• intención

Further reading

• “malintencionado”, 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