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/

• (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)

1. malicious (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite)

   Synonym: maldoso

2. (especially of a look or a person) raunchy, naughty, dirty (sexually indecent)

Derived terms

• maliciosamente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin malitiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maliˈθjoso/ [ma.liˈθjo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maliˈsjoso/ [ma.liˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ma‧li‧cio‧so

Adjective

malicioso (feminine maliciosa, masculine plural maliciosos, feminine plural maliciosas)

1. malicious

Related terms

• malicia
• maliciosamente

Further reading

• “malicioso”, 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