malicioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin malitiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.li.siˈo.zu/ [ma.li.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ma.liˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.li.siˈo.zo/ [ma.li.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ma.liˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.liˈsjo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: ma‧li‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
malicioso (feminine maliciosa, masculine plural maliciosos, feminine plural maliciosas, metaphonic)
- malicious (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite)
- Synonym: maldoso
Derived terms
- maliciosamente
Further reading
- “malicioso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin malitiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maliˈθjoso/ [ma.liˈθjo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /maliˈsjoso/ [ma.liˈsjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ma‧li‧cio‧so
Adjective
malicioso (feminine maliciosa, masculine plural maliciosos, feminine plural maliciosas)
- malicious
Related terms
- malicia
- maliciosamente
Further reading
- “malicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014