maldito

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maldito.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mal‧di‧to
• IPA^(key): /malˈdito/ [mɐl̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]

Adjective

maldito (feminine maldita)

1. mean, cruel
2. mischievous
3. having an attitude

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maldito, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈd͡ʒi.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈd͡ʒi.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈd͡ʒi.to/ [maʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /malˈdi.tu/ [maɫˈdi.tu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: mal‧di‧to

Participle

maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)

1. past participle of maldizer

Adjective

maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas, comparable, comparative mais maldito, superlative o mais maldito or malditíssimo)

1. cursed, accursed, damned (inflicted with supernatural harm)
2. damn, darn, bloody, goddamn freaking, blasted
3. not nice; mean; cruel; heartless
4. troublesome; annoying; vexatious

Antonyms

• bendito

Further reading

• “maldito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “maldito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictus. Cognate with Asturian and Leonese malditu, Catalan maleït, French maudit, Italian maledetto. Doublet of Old Spanish maldicho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈdito/ [mal̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mal‧di‧to

Adjective

maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)

1. (after nouns) cursed

   Antonym: bendito

   • 1915, Ricardo Flores Magón, La patria burguesa y la patria universal:

     El que no cuenta más que con sus brazos para ganarse el sustento, sustento del que carece si el amo maldito no se le antoja explotarlo, ¿qué patria tiene?

     He who has but his arms to earn a living, a living that he lacks if the cursed master doesn't fancy exploiting him, what homeland does he have?

2. (before nouns, vulgar) damned, freaking, fucking

Derived terms

• maldita sea
• malditismo

Related terms

• maldecir
• maldición

Interjection

maldito

1. damn

Noun

maldito m (plural malditos)

1. (derogatory, vulgar) bastard, son of a bitch

Participle

maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)

1. (dated, now proscribed) past participle of maldecir

Further reading

• “maldito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Fundéu
• Nueva gramática de la lengua española

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maldito.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /malˈdito/ [mɐlˈd̪iː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mal‧di‧to

Adjective

maldito (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. masculine of maldita

Noun

maldito (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. male equivalent of maldita