maldoso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈdo.zu/ [maʊ̯ˈdo.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈdo.zu/ [maʊ̯ˈdo.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈdo.zo/ [maʊ̯ˈdo.zo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /malˈdo.zu/ [maɫˈdo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: mal‧do‧so

Adjective

maldoso (feminine maldosa, masculine plural maldosos, feminine plural maldosas, metaphonic)

1. malicious (resulting from malice or spite)

   Synonym: malicioso

2. mean (causing or intending to cause intentional harm)

   Synonyms: mau, ruim

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈdoso/ [mal̪ˈd̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: mal‧do‧so

Adjective

maldoso (feminine maldosa, masculine plural maldosos, feminine plural maldosas)

1. (Central America) wicked; mean

Further reading

• “maldoso”, 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