malfeitor

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See also: mal-feitor and mal feitor

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese malfeitor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin malefactor, malefactōrem, from Latin malefaciō. Compare French malfaiteur, Spanish malhechor.

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Noun

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malfeitor m (plural malfeitores, feminine malfeitora, feminine plural malfeitoras)

  1. malefactor, wrongdoer, evildoer
    Antonym: benfeitor
    • 1444, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 285:
      Meendo de Seabra, juis da dita çidade, que presente estaua, diso que requería ao dito Afonso Anrriques que lle dese e entregase logo o malfeytor que asy avía ferido ao dito Pero de Canba
      Mendo of Seabra, judge of said city, present, said that he was demanding said Afonso Anríquez to handle him intermediately the malefactor that so has wounded said Pedro de Camba

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin malefactōrem, from Latin malefaciō. Compare French malfaiteur, Spanish malhechor.

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  • Hyphenation: mal‧fei‧tor

Adjective

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malfeitor (feminine malfeitora, masculine plural malfeitores, feminine plural malfeitoras)

  1. criminal

Noun

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malfeitor m (plural malfeitores)

  1. malefactor, wrongdoer
    Antonym: benfeitor
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